Open Source n8n AlternativesTop Task & Workflow Automation Tools like n8n

The best open source alternative to n8n is Node-RED. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to n8n and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to n8n are Huginn, Sim Studio, UI.Vision RPA and Automa.

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  1. Node-RED icon

    Node-RED

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    Node-RED provides a browser-based flow editor that makes it easy to wire together flows using the wide range nodes in the palette. Flows can be then deployed to the runtime in a single-click.

    28 Node-RED alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
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    • Almost everyone thinks Node-RED is a great n8n alternative.

    • Node-RED is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to n8n.

    • Node-RED is the most popular Open Source alternative to n8n.

    • Node-RED is Free and Open Sourcen8n is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Huginn icon

    Huginn

     117 likes
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    Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They can read the web, watch for events, and take actions on your behalf. Huginn's Agents create and consume events, propagating them along a directed graph.

    76 Huginn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Slack
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  4. Sim Studio icon

    Sim Studio

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    Sim Studio is a powerful platform for building, testing, and optimizing agentic workflows. It provides developers with intuitive tools to design sophisticated agent-based applications through a visual interface.

    37 Sim Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
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  5. UI.Vision RPA icon

    UI.Vision RPA

     120 likes
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    Open-source task and test automation tool and Selenium IDE. The UI.Vision RPA software is a browser extension that can do desktop automation as well! Use it for web automation, form filling, screen scraping and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

    142 UI.Vision RPA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    UI.Vision RPA software is a browser extension, but it can do desktop automation as well!
     
  7. Activepieces icon

    Activepieces

     40 likes
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    Activepieces is an open source no-code AI automation tool. The only AI automation tool loved by both technical and non-technical users. It's super extensible code-wise and super easy UI-wise. With Activepieces, you can automate your departments (marketing, sales, HR, legal...

    71 Activepieces alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
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  9. Directus icon

    Directus

     32 likes
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    Directus, with over 20 million downloads, is the world's first Open Data Platform. It can transform any SQL database into an API and a no-code application instantly, providing equal data and digital file asset management access to all team members.

    216 Directus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  10. Automatisch icon

    Automatisch

     14 likes
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    Automatisch is a business automation tool that lets you connect different services like Twitter, Slack, and more to automate your business processes. It is a software designed to help streamline your workflows by integrating the different services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Apps
     
  11. Kestra icon

    Kestra

     7 likes
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    Kestra is an infinitely scalable orchestration and scheduling platform, creating, running, scheduling, and monitoring millions of complex pipelines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Actionsflow icon

    Actionsflow

     12 likes
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    Free Zapier alternative to automate workflows based on Github Actions. With Actionsflow, you can connect your favorite apps, data, and APIs, receive notifications of actions as they occur, sync files, collect data, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  13. ChainJet icon

    ChainJet

     8 likes
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    Decentralized solution for building on-chain and off-chain automations without coding, integrating services via well-tested modules for token transfers and various tasks, improving task management and efficiency.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Apache Airflow

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    Airflow is a platform to programmaticaly author, schedule and monitor data pipelines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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