Related packages ================ - `Luigi `_ focuses on managing large, complex graphs of commands, possibly distributed across multiple machines. From the developers: *"Luigi is a Python module that helps you build complex pipelines of batch jobs. It handles dependency resolution, workflow management, visualization etc. It also comes with Hadoop support built in."* - `Sacred `_ focuses on configuration management and random number generator seed control. It's more oriented towards writing scripts than writing APIs. From the developers: *"Sacred is a tool to help you configure, organize, log and reproduce experiments."* - `GNU Make `_. Sometimes it's best to just keep things simple : )