n8n
Open source · Workflow automation · n8n-io/n8n
What it does
n8n is a visual workflow builder: you connect apps, webhooks and AI steps as boxes on a canvas, and it runs them on a trigger or a schedule. You can host it yourself or pay for their cloud.
Good for: Automations that move data between your apps, with AI steps in the middle, on your own server.
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- Licence
- Fair-code (not an OSI-approved open-source licence; see the note below)
- Popularity
- Stars: 207,569 (checked 16 Oct 2026)
- Last commit
- 16 Oct 2026
- Open issues and PRs
- 1,200
- Status
- Active (not archived)
- Self-host
- EasyDocker one-liner (or npx).
- GitHub topics
- ai
- apis
- automation
- cli
- data-flow
- development
- integration-framework
- integrations
- ipaas
- low-code
Licence note: Sustainable Use License (fair-code). Free to self-host for internal business use; restrictions on offering it to others as a service. Enterprise (.ee) files need a paid licence. Not an OSI-approved licence.
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