DBOS
Postgres-backed durable workflow library that makes AI agents and applications resilient to failures, with durable queues, cron and human-in-the-loop. It integrates with Pydantic AI, LlamaIndex, the OpenAI Agents SDK and the Vercel AI SDK.
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At a glance
- Tier
- T3
- Created
- 2024-07-19 repo fix
- Latest release
- last commit 2026-10-27 repo fix
- Pricing
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- Funding
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- Freshness
- 2026-10-29 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- open-source vendor fix
- SDK languages
- go, java, python, rust, typescript vendor fix
- Compliance
- ccpa, gdpr, soc2-type2 vendor fix
When to use
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Pros & cons
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Claims & capabilities
Control plane for agents & workflows
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
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Sources (15 cited facts, 0 third-party)
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- What it is Framework vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Postgres-backed durable workflow library that makes AI agents and applications resilient… vendor
- Claims / benefits Control plane for agents & workflows vendor
- Created 2024-07-19 repo
- Latest release last commit 2026-10-27 repo
- License MIT vendor
- GitHub https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py (1654★) repo
- Mindshare 1654 GitHub stars repo
- Project & sources https://www.dbos.dev/ ; https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py vendor
- eval-human-loop yes vendor
- licensing-bucket open-source vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- compliance-certifications ccpa,gdpr,soc2-type2 vendor
- sdk-languages go,java,python,rust,typescript vendor
- maturity ga registry
What changed
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- 2026-10-30 Added to the catalog #347
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References (7)
- Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) integrates with — DBOS integrations docs have a Google ADK (durable execution for ADK agents) page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- LlamaIndex (framework) integrates with — DBOS integrations docs have a LlamaIndex (Workflows) page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Model Context Protocol (MCP spec) integrates with — DBOS integrations docs have a DBOS MCP Server page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- OpenAI Agents SDK integrates with — DBOS integrations docs have a OpenAI Agents SDK (durable agents) page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Pydantic-AI integrates with — DBOS integrations docs have a Pydantic AI page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Pydantic Logfire integrates with — DBOS integrations docs have a Pydantic Logfire page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Vercel AI SDK integrates with — DBOS integrations docs have a Vercel AI SDK (durable agents) page. (verified 2026-10-29)
Referenced by (2)
- LlamaIndex (framework) integrates with — LlamaIndex Workflows docs have a DBOS Durable Execution page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Pydantic-AI integrates with — Pydantic AI durable-execution docs have a DBOS page. (verified 2026-10-29)