Everything you need to develop data science and ML apps
Metaflow is an open-source Python framework that makes it easy to develop and deploy diverse data and ML apps. It was originally developed at Netflix by us to support a wide variety of real world use cases.
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Metaflow is trusted by hundreds of leading organizations
A friendly stack for data-intensive apps
Modern data and ML apps require a thick stack of infrastructure from integrations to data warehouses and scalable compute layers to workflow orchestration and versioning. Metaflow provides one human-friendly API to the full stack which allows data scientists to focus on modeling and business logic, and engineers on providing stable infrastructure.

What Metaflow users say
Accelerating experimentation with MLOps
The team has shaved months off the time it takes to build a productionized machine learning model.Accelerating ML within CNN
Our data science team believes they were able to test twice as many models in Q1 2021 as they did in all of 2020.Developing safe and reliable ML products at 23andMe
Our complex, multi-stage workflows are codified and orchestrated using Metaflow.Getting started with the open source data science tool Metaflow on AWS
Metaflow makes using the power of AWS as easy as running a single command—no infrastructure knowledge required.Join our vibrant open-source community
Metaflow is used by a wide variety of companies from biotech and fintech to real estate and e-commerce, from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Join our welcoming, beginner-friendly community of thousands of data scientists and engineers on Metaflow Slack.
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Learn to build real-world ML and data apps quickly
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Getting Started
Start here! You can get started with Metaflow in the browser or on your laptop.
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How to Guides
As you face specific questions when building ML or data applications, find answers in our growing library of how-tos.
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Tutorials
Deepen your Metaflow skills by going through our tutorials:
Introduction to Metaflow
Discover and implement patterns in the full machine learning stack with Metaflow.
Natural Language Processing
Use TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, and Metaflow to operationalize a NLP application.
Computer Vision - Beginner
Iterate with Keras code you can use as a foundation for real-world computer vision projects.
Computer Vision - Intermediate
Build scalable dataloading and training processes with PyTorch.
Recommender Systems
Use DuckDB, Gensim, TensorFlow, and Sagemaker to get started with end-to-end recommender systems.
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Live Courses
We have an exciting live course coming up in March 2023
From Full Stack ML to Business Value
Participants will learn how to productionize ML workflows using Metaflow, while thinking strategically about how their work fits into the broader landscape of a company's business and technology strategy.
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Blogs
Follow announcements, case studies, and technical deep dives in our blog
How MoneyLion Customized Metaflow
March 8, 2023
Better Airflow with Metaflow
February 21, 2023
Self-Service or Fully Managed - Choose how you want to run Metaflow
You can get started with our open-source stack. When your apps become business-critical, upgrade to a secure and scalable Outerbounds Platform that runs on your cloud account, fully managed by us.

Open Source
Self-Service Deployment
Outerbounds
Fully Managed Platform
- Deployed directly in your cloud account
- Integrates with your systems & policies
- Basic functionality included, customize as needed
- Fully managed with dedicated support
- Enterprise grade auth and security
- Cost optimized, scalable compute
- Highly available workflow orchestration
Smarter machines, built by happier humans
The future will be powered by dynamic, data intensive systems - built by happy humans using tooling that gives them superpowers
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