Is nifi still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release rel/nifi-2.12.0, 2 months ago.

How widely used is nifi?

Widely used. 6.3k stars, 11 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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apache/nifi

Apache NiFi

Java#apache#hacktoberfest#java#nifi

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release rel/nifi-2.12.0, 2 months ago.
How widely used?: Widely used6.3k stars, 11 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 6,314
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 11 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

You'll build it yourself with JDK.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Docs ↗nifi.apache.orgLinked from the README.Website ↗nifi.apache.orgThe project's own site.

4 steps on macOS

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

1
Clone the repository
Needs Git: xcode-select --install
```
git clone https://github.com/apache/nifi.git
cd nifi
```
2
Install the required runtimes
JDK 21
```
brew install openjdk@21
```
3
Install dependencies
```
./mvnw install -DskipTests
```
4
Run it
```
./mvnw exec:java
```

From the README: Getting Started

Project guides provide extensive documentation for installing and extending the application.

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Parts list

1×JDK 21runtime
1×Maven package manager

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Good to know

Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: c2/c2-client-bundle/c2-client-api/pom.xml, c2/c2-client-bundle/c2-client-base/pom.xml, c2/c2-client-bundle/c2-client-http/pom.xml, c2/c2-client-bundle/c2-client-service/pom.xml and 11 more

Details

License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 60
Branch: main

Files we read (8)

.github/workflows/build.yml

.github/workflows/code-compliance.yml

.github/workflows/docker-tests.yml

.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml

.github/workflows/reproducible-build.yml

.github/workflows/system-tests.yml

README.md

pom.xml

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Yes, it runs on macOS

Start here

4 steps on macOS

Clone the repository

Install the required runtimes

Install dependencies

Run it

From the README: Getting Started

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Yes, it runs on macOS

Start here

4 steps on macOS

Clone the repository

Install the required runtimes

Install dependencies

Run it

From the README: Getting Started

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