Runa WFE is an environment for JBoss jBPM workflow engine.
It is a cross-platform end user solution for business process development and execution.
Together Runa WFE and JBoss jBPM provide an easy to use business process management system.
Runa WFE is an open source project.
What is this project
Runa WFE provides:
- an end user GUI to define business processes without any coding: draw flowcharts, define roles and
variables, lay out forms
- an end user GUI to load and execute processes
- an administrative interface to create and remove users/groups and grant rights
- a possibility of writing automatic "bots" that can participate in business processes
- a possibility to code new GUI elements, variable types, organizational structure functions etc.
that extend existing Runa WFE components and will be available to end users through the GUI
Runa WFE makes it possible to integrate your diverse enterprise applications in a unified system, by
using "bots" that run inside "bot stations".
Local versions of Runa WFE are available in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian.
Current list of components:
- Web client
- a task list
- a form player
- a tool for managing instances and definitions of business processes
- an administrative interface
- Graphical editor of business processes
- Authentication and authorization system (allows integration with LDAP/MS Active Directory)
- Bot station
- Task notifier (a Windows application that signals new incoming tasks)
Getting Started
If you are not familiar with Runa WFE, begin with Quick Start. Questions can be asked in
the Help forum.
How to participate
Your code and patches are welcome. Send 'em in.
If your code is accepted, ask us for committer status.
If you have a suggestion you can't implement yourself, put it forward in the Open Discussion forum.
Licensing
Runa WFE is distributed under the LGPL.
