Texera Documentation

Welcome to the Texera Documentation Portal! This is your central hub for understanding, deploying, and contributing to the Texera platform.

Texera is an open-source data analytics and workflow management system. Use the sections below to find what you’re looking for.

📚 Getting Started

New to Texera? Start here to set up your environment, install dependencies, and explore deployment options (Docker, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, or Single Node).

🎓 Tutorials

Learn by doing. Explore step-by-step guides on how to use the UI, create datasets, manage workflows, and operate advanced features like Python UDFs and LLM integrations.

🧠 Concepts

Deep dive into the theoretical framework behind Texera. Learn about Operators, Workflows, scalable execution, and how the core architecture hums under the hood.

🛠️ Contribution Guidelines

Want to build out Texera? Find resources on setting up a local microservice development environment, writing Java or Python operators, navigating making contributions, and understanding our code standards.

📖 Reference & Examples

Explore reference materials, past GUI screenshots, example workflows, and API specifications.


Don’t know where to begin? Head over to the Overview to read the pitch on why you should use Texera, who it’s built for, and how the architecture works at a high level.


Overview

High-level overview of the Texera architecture, core concepts, and use cases.

Getting Started

Quick start guide for running Texera and accessing it through the browser.

Concepts

Overview of the key ideas and components behind Texera. This section introduces core concepts that help users and contributors understand how Texera works.

Tutorials

Step-by-step guides for building workflows and applications with Texera.

Reference

In-depth technical and configuration references for Texera’s components and environment.

Contribution Guidelines

How to contribute to Texera code and documentation.

Security

Comprehensive guide to Texera’s security model, user roles, access control, and vulnerability reporting

Examples

Explore example workflows and applications built with Texera.