Guides & Tutorials
Welcome to the Flowfile guides section! Here you'll find detailed tutorials and step-by-step instructions for common tasks and workflows.
Getting Started
Essential guides for new users:
- Coming soon: Installation Guide - How to install Flowfile on different operating systems
- Coming soon: First Steps with Flowfile - Setting up your first workflow
Running Flowfile
Learn how to run and configure Flowfile:
- Coming soon: Configuration Options - Customize Flowfile for your environment
- Coming soon: Performance Tuning - Optimize Flowfile for different workloads
Database Connectivity
Learn how to connect Flowfile to external databases:
- PostgreSQL/Supabase Integration - Connect, read, transform, and write data using PostgreSQL databases like Supabase
- Coming soon: MySQL Integration - Working with MySQL databases
- Coming soon: SQLite for Local Development - Using SQLite for testing and development
Technical Architecture
Explore the inner workings and design philosophy of Flowfile:
- Technical Architecture - Understand Flowfile's three-service architecture, key features, and lazy evaluation with Polars.
Code to Flow (Python API)
Learn how to build and visualize data pipelines programmatically.
- Flowfile Frame API - Build data pipelines using a Polars-like Python API.
Flow to Code
Understand how Flowfile translates visual pipelines into executable code:
- Flow to code - Learn about how you can export your flow to python code