Apache Texera 1.1.0-incubating

This is the first release of Apache Texera as an Apache Incubator project.

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About Apache Texera

Apache Texera (Incubating) is an open-source system for human-AI collaborative data science using visual workflows. It enables analysts to construct, execute, and refine data analysis tasks through an intuitive GUI, assisted by AI agents that understand natural-language instructions. Texera is well suited for a wide range of applications, including “AI for Science”, by making advanced AI and data science capabilities accessible to a broader community. It can run on a laptop for local use or be deployed in the cloud to support scalable processing of large datasets.

Key features

• Natural-language data science through AI chatbots
• Intuitive GUI-based workflows for data analysis
• Parallel backend engine for scalable big-data processing
• Real-time collaboration for workflow editing and execution
• User-defined functions in Python and Java
• Separation of compute and storage for flexible cloud deployment
• Runtime debugging and interactive workflow execution
• Cloud-native deployment support
• Multi-tenant support with workload isolation
• Extensible architecture for integrating external web services

What’s new in 1.1.0-incubating

Compared to v1.0.0 (the pre-incubation release), this version focuses on Apache Incubator compliance and introduces a major new capability for AI-assisted workflow construction.

TexeraAgent

Introduced TexeraAgent, an LLM agent that helps users construct workflows using natural-language instructions. See: #4034.

Repository compliance

Added ASF license headers to source files, plus root-level asf.yaml, NOTICE, and DISCLAIMER. PRs:

• #3631
• #3632
• #3415

License compliance

Resolved outstanding license issues, including:

• #4371
• #4372
• #4131

System repositioning

Revised the system positioning to “Human-AI Collaborative Data Science Using Visual Workflows” to reflect the project’s focus going forward. PRs:

• #4558
• #4593

Source code

• Git tag: v1.1.0-incubating
• Commit: 7349698c55002f7da77992bcdc770cb4d6f49356

Release vote history

• PPMC vote: lists.apache.org/thread/0qmsmvwvfqlqkf345rcf217qprr8x9x5
• PPMC vote result: lists.apache.org/thread/lofvf5tcdkdvz4dpgrr7b7hbk4kxb9fg
• IPMC vote: lists.apache.org/thread/7syw2y2q4sl6jfz22coz847ccnv5m6w5
• IPMC vote result: lists.apache.org/thread/dk1gc0s20565o5x8t8zjzpwol9786rgf

Downloads

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