This is great, thank you Kaxil!
Regards, Rahul Vats On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 at 19:32, Dheeraj Turaga <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh wow! Looks amazing! Great work Kaxil!!! > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 3:12 PM Buğra Öztürk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Looks really cool, thanks Kaxil! This is a great update, and it feels how > > it should exhibit in the scale of the Airflow providers :) > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM Vikram Koka via dev < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Excellent work Kaxil! > > > This is absolutely transformative for the Airflow user community and > the > > > integrations effort > > > > > > Vikram > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM Amogh Desai <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Looks amazing, thanks for working on this, Kaxil. > > > > > > > > I already see it to be super useful instead of going into manhunting > > > > on the Airflow docs and google searches. > > > > > > > > Looking forward to see how this one will be adopted in the future. > > > > > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > > > Amogh Desai > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 1:34 AM Jens Scheffler <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > +1 into "Very cool" category. The rest of Airflow site immediately > > > feels > > > > > like 1980 :-D > > > > > > > > > > On 20.02.26 23:37, Kaxil Naik wrote: > > > > > > PR: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/62261 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 at 21:50, Pavankumar Gopidesu < > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Woohoo, what an update , thanks kaxil, it's really nice :) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM Vincent Beck < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> Very cool indeed :) I can see it very useful for users! > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> On 2026/02/20 20:04:58 Jarek Potiuk wrote: > > > > > >>>> Very cool :) > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> J. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM Zhe-You Liu < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > > >>>>> Hi Kaxil, > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> I just checked out the staged site of the official Provider > > > > Registry, > > > > > >>> and > > > > > >>>>> it looks super impressive! The UX is excellent, and it’s > > > > definitely a > > > > > >>> big > > > > > >>>>> plus for users to find existing community integrations for > > their > > > > use > > > > > >>> cases > > > > > >>>>> and involve more Airflow users. I really appreciate your > > effort, > > > > and > > > > > >> I > > > > > >>> will > > > > > >>>>> check out the PR when it comes out. > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> Best regards, > > > > > >>>>> Jason > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 1:09 AM Kaxil Naik < > > [email protected]> > > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > > >>>>>> Hey all, > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> *tl;dr*: I'm proposing an official Provider Registry for the > > > > > >> Airflow > > > > > >>>>>> project, deployed at https://airflow.apache.org/registry/. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> Preview is up at > https://airflow.staged.apache.org/registry/ > > -- > > > > > >>> take a > > > > > >>>>>> look > > > > > >>>>>> and let me know what you think. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> PR to Airflow repo incoming in a couple of hours :) > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> *Why now* > > > > > >>>>>> With AIP-95 approved, Airflow now has a formal provider > > > lifecycle: > > > > > >>>>>> incubation, production, mature, and deprecated. That opens > the > > > > door > > > > > >>> for > > > > > >>>>>> accepting more community-built providers and giving them an > > > > > >> official > > > > > >>>>> home, > > > > > >>>>>> while setting clear expectations about maturity and support. > > But > > > > > >>>>> lifecycle > > > > > >>>>>> stages only work if users can actually see them. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> Right now, there's no place on airflow.apache.org where > > someone > > > > > >> can > > > > > >>>>> browse > > > > > >>>>>> providers, check their lifecycle stage, or discover what > > modules > > > > > >> they > > > > > >>>>> ship. > > > > > >>>>>> This registry fills that gap. It gives the PMC a tool to > > > > > >> communicate > > > > > >>>>>> provider maturity to users, and it gives the community an > > > official > > > > > >>> way to > > > > > >>>>>> surface new providers -- clearly labelled with their > lifecycle > > > > > >> stage. > > > > > >>>>>> *What it does* > > > > > >>>>>> The registry currently catalogs 99 providers and 1,648 > modules > > > > > >>> across all > > > > > >>>>>> 11 module types (operators, hooks, sensors, triggers, > > transfers, > > > > > >>>>> executors, > > > > > >>>>>> notifiers, secret backends, logging handlers, Dag bundles, > and > > > > > >>>>> decorators). > > > > > >>>>>> It's built with Eleventy <https://www.11ty.dev/> (thanks > Ash, > > > for > > > > > >>> the > > > > > >>>>>> suggestion and for prototyping an approach with it) and > > > > > >>> auto-generated > > > > > >>>>>> directly from the provider.yaml files in the repo -- no > > separate > > > > > >> data > > > > > >>>>>> pipeline, no manual curation. When a provider is added or > > > updated, > > > > > >>> the > > > > > >>>>> next > > > > > >>>>>> CI build picks it up automatically. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> The entire registry is a static site (HTML, CSS, JS): no > > server, > > > > no > > > > > >>>>>> database, same deployment model as the existing Airflow > docs. > > > It's > > > > > >>>>>> generated at build time from the provider.yaml files and > > served > > > > > >> from > > > > > >>> S3 > > > > > >>>>> via > > > > > >>>>>> CloudFront. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> *A few things you can do with it*: > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> - Search across all providers and modules (Cmd+K, > powered > > by > > > > > >>> Pagefind) > > > > > >>>>>> - Browse by category (Cloud, Databases, AI & ML, etc.) > > > > > >>>>>> - Filter/sort by lifecycle stage, downloads, module > count > > > > > >>>>>> - Explore provider detail pages with per-version module > > > > > >> listings, > > > > > >>>>>> connection types, parameters, and install commands > > > > > >>>>>> - Access JSON API endpoints (/api/providers.json, > > > > > >>> /api/modules.json) > > > > > >>>>> for > > > > > >>>>>> programmatic access -- useful for AI agents and tooling > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> The design is deliberately discovery-first: it links out to > > the > > > > API > > > > > >>>>>> reference docs and user guides rather than hosting > everything > > > > > >> itself. > > > > > >>>>> This > > > > > >>>>>> avoids duplicating content between provider docs and > registry > > > > > >>> entries. > > > > > >>>>>> CI/CD is integrated with our existing docs pipeline and > syncs > > to > > > > S3 > > > > > >>>>>> automatically. Nothing in provider code, provider.yaml > > schemas, > > > > > >> core > > > > > >>>>>> Airflow, or the docs build is changed by this. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> *How it relates to the Astronomer Registry* > > > > > >>>>>> Many of you know the Astronomer Registry ( > > > > > >>> https://registry.astronomer.io > > > > > >>>>> ), > > > > > >>>>>> which has been the go-to for discovering Airflow providers > for > > > > > >>> years. Big > > > > > >>>>>> thanks to Astronomer and Josh Fell for building and > > maintaining > > > > it. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> This new registry is designed to be a community-owned > > successor > > > on > > > > > >>>>>> airflow.apache.org, with the eventual goal of redirecting > > > > > >>>>>> registry.astronomer.io traffic here once it's stable. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> *Remaining work* > > > > > >>>>>> Still to do after this lands: > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> - apache/airflow-site PR for .htaccess rewrite and a > > > > "Registry" > > > > > >>> nav > > > > > >>>>> link > > > > > >>>>>> - Redirect registry.astronomer.io traffic once the > > official > > > > one > > > > > >>> is > > > > > >>>>>> stable > > > > > >>>>>> - A way to add third-party providers that are not in the > > > > Airflow > > > > > >>> repo, > > > > > >>>>>> like Great Expectations, Cosmos etc - I have a POC > working > > > on > > > > > >>> this. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> *Future ideas (will create GH issues)* > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> - Explicit categories in provider.yaml (currently > > > > keyword-based > > > > > >>>>>> matching) > > > > > >>>>>> - LLM-friendly exports (llms.txt, "Copy for AI" buttons > > > etc.) > > > > > >>>>>> - Example DAGs for each Provider. > > > > > >>>>>> - and many more – but I think the current state is > > valuable > > > > > >> enough > > > > > >>>>>> already > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> I'd appreciate feedback and reviews! > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> Regards, > > > > > >>>>>> Kaxil > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bugra Ozturk > > >
