## Elsa Workflows

Elsa Workflows is a set of lean & mean workflowing components that you can use in your own .NET Core applications. It's heavily inspired by [Orchard Core Workflows](https://github.com/OrchardCMS/OrchardCore), [Azure Logic Apps](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/logic-apps/) and [Windows Workflow Foundation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dotnet/articles/dd851337(v=msdn.10)), but with some key differentiators.

**ALPHA software:** This project not yet ready for actual use, but you are welcome to have a quick peek.
You can try out the web based designer today by following these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Run NPM install on all folders containing packages.json (or run `node npm-install.js` - a script in the root that recursively installs the Node packages)
3. Open a shell and navigate to `src/samples/SampleDashboard.Web` and run `dotnet run`.
4. Navigate to https://localhost:44397/

When you click on the Workflows menu item in the dashboard, you'll see a Create Workflow button you can click to create your first workflow.

TODO: 
- Describe all the features (core engine, runtime, webbased designer, YAML, scripting, separation of designer from invoker from engine).
- Describe various use cases.
- Describe how to use.
- Describe architecture.
- Describe how to implement (custom host, custom dashboard).
- Implement more activities (fork, join, script, HTTP request, loops, etc.)
- Implement integration with Orchard Core (separate repo)
- Detailed documentation

![Web-based workflow designer](/doc/workflow-sample-1.png)