n8n
n8n-io/n8n
An open-source alternative to Make and Zapier.
Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations. (from the repository)
- Stars
- 207,981
- Licence
- NOASSERTION
- Last push
- 2026-10-19
- Written in
- TypeScript
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 9 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Recent
n8n@2.43.8, 9 days ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
97% closed
351 open · 10,182 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+842 in 9 days
207,981 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
Not identifiedNOASSERTION
GitHub could not match this licence to a standard one. It may be custom or source-available; read the repository’s LICENSE file before relying on it.
This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.
Run it yourself
Docker, quoted from n8n’s own README as written. We have not run it, and most projects expect you to set secrets or a database before production use.
docker volume create n8n_data docker run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n
n8n against the other open-source options
Every project offered against Make and Zapier, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 n8n (this page) | 207,981 | Active | Not identified | Docker | TypeScript |
 Huginn | 50,080 | Active | Permissive | Docker | Ruby |
 Temporal | 23,820 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Go |
 Automa | 21,666 | Slowing | Not identified | ○ | Vue |
 Automatisch | 13,999 | Slowing | Not identified | Compose | JavaScript |
 Pipedream | 11,752 | Active | Not identified | ○ | JavaScript |
 ActiveWorkflow | 863 | Quiet | Not identified | Docker | Ruby |
 Computir Cloud | 40 | Quiet | Not identified | ○ | TypeScript |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
- The pairing with Make and Zapier and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data