# SpiffWorks

> SpiffWorks is an open source BPMN workflow orchestration platform built on Python. Run mission-critical processes with full audit trails, business and engineering alignment, and flat-rate pricing.

Use these links to understand the SpiffWorks product, open-source ecosystem, and documentation. Internal links point to generated Markdown mirrors when available.

## Start here

- [SpiffWorks overview](https://spiff.works/index.md): High-level positioning, use cases, and value proposition for BPMN workflow orchestration.
- [Product overview](https://spiff.works/product/index.md): Explains the Define, Connect, Execute, and Measure workflow lifecycle.
- [Pricing](https://spiff.works/pricing/index.md): Open-source, hosted, professional, and enterprise options.
- [SpiffWorks — Support](https://spiff.works/support/index.md): Fixed-cost pilot projects and monthly support retainers from the team that maintains SpiffWorkflow. We work alongside your engineers, then hand you a system your team can run.
- [Demos](https://spiff.works/demos/index.md): Entry points for Visual Design Studio / Ed and Spiff Arena.

## Documentation

- [Learn](https://spiff.works/learn/index.md): Documentation hub, newsletters, videos, and technical articles.
- [SpiffWorkflow library documentation](https://spiff.works/docs/spiffworkflow/index.md): Python workflow execution engine and BPMN library reference.
- [Spiff Arena documentation](https://spiff.works/docs/spiff-arena/index.md): Web application for creating, editing, running, and administering BPMN processes.
- [Visual Design Studio / Ed documentation](https://spiff.works/docs/ed/index.md): Browser-based BPMN authoring, debugging, forms, GitHub sync, and AI-assisted model refinement.
- [Analytics / Event Monitoring documentation](https://spiff.works/docs/analytics/index.md): Process usage, duration, error, export, and analytics API documentation.

## Open source and community

- [Community](https://spiff.works/community/index.md): Discord, GitHub, contribution paths, and community participation.

## Optional

- [About SpiffWorks](https://spiff.works/about/index.md): Company origin, team, mission, and product history.
- [August 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter](https://spiff.works/newsletters/august-26/index.md): The Kiwi white paper, fixed-cost support engagements, ad-hoc subprocesses, Visual Design Studio updates, better AI guidance, and a redesigned analytics engine.
- [June 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter](https://spiff.works/newsletters/june-26/index.md): Our European partner visit, a consolidated website, event sub-processes, human task notifications, UI improvements, and Visual Design Studio updates.
- [May 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter](https://spiff.works/newsletters/may-26/index.md): New website at spiff.works, service retries, reliable message handling, deeper test coverage, and three community contributors.
- [April 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter](https://spiff.works/newsletters/april-26/index.md): 5x faster workflow parsing, 88% serialization size reduction, editor recording, and two new team members.
- [March 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter](https://spiff.works/newsletters/march-26/index.md): Major Ed Editor advances, core library performance improvements, and Dan's OSCON presentation.
- [February 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter](https://spiff.works/newsletters/feb-26/index.md): Auto-complete of variables, native async service task callbacks, and a more secure integration layer.
- [January 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter](https://spiff.works/newsletters/jan-26/index.md): 50+ improvements across performance, security, task management, and BPMN editing — plus a community spotlight.