Motia is a large-scale, multi-language backend framework designed to unify and simplify core backend concerns — from APIs and background jobs to distributed workflows, streams, and advanced AI agent integration — through a single coherent primitive with built-in observability and state management. It provides a unified development philosophy that seamlessly bridges different backend patterns (queues, event streams, scheduled jobs) while offering integrated tools for telemetry, logging, metrics, and tracing to help teams maintain high visibility into production workloads. Motia is built with extensibility in mind, allowing engineers to define complex workflows and AI-driven processes without sacrificing consistency or scalability. Its modular architecture supports integration with existing systems, plug-in architectures, and dynamic environments, making it suitable for building microservices, enterprise applications, or large automated systems.
Features
- Unified backend framework for APIs, jobs, and workflows
- Built-in observability (metrics, logs, tracing)
- Cross-language support for diverse tech stacks
- Integrated stream and event handling
- Pluggable AI agent and task coordination
- State management for long-running workflows