bprocess

Bprocess is a term used in software development to describe a lightweight, embeddable workflow and process orchestration framework intended for modeling, executing, and monitoring business processes within software systems. It emphasizes simplicity and integration in microservice architectures, enabling developers to coordinate asynchronous tasks, external services, and human interactions through a unified runtime.

At its core, a bprocess engine interprets a process model, stores runtime state in a persistent store, and drives execution by dispatching activities to executors. The model typically represents flows as a graph consisting of nodes (tasks, events, gateways) and edges that encode control flow. Common features include parallel and conditional branches, retries, timeouts, compensation, and event-driven triggers.

Execution in a bprocess environment proceeds by advancing tokens through the process graph according to defined semantics, with state persisted to support restarts, fault tolerance, and auditing. Support for error handling, retries, timeouts, and compensation allows processes to recover from failures without compromising overall consistency.

Integration and usage options focus on interoperability and ease of embedding. Typical capabilities include REST or gRPC APIs, message bus adapters, and connectors to databases or external services. Many implementations offer language bindings or SDKs for popular programming languages, enabling developers to define and execute processes within their existing applications.

History and scope vary, as multiple projects use the name bprocess in different ecosystems. Because there is no single canonical specification, implementations differ in model format, runtime semantics, and integration patterns. The term generally denotes a family of lightweight workflow engines designed for embedded process orchestration.