# n8n

Workflow automation platform for building AI agents and workflows on a visual canvas, self-hosted or in the cloud.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/n8n/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://n8n.io
- repository: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
- docs: https://docs.n8n.io
- pricing: https://n8n.io/pricing/
- x: https://x.com/n8n_io
- discord: https://discord.gg/n8n
- forum: https://community.n8n.io
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/n8n-io

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: n8n GmbH
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2019
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 24
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: sqlite, postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: UI strings in a selectable locale

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: one-line setup script

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: Sustainable Use License, n8n Enterprise License

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 209420
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 135213
- contributors: 431
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://n8n.io (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://docs.n8n.io (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE_EE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE_EE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- hqCountry: https://n8n.io/legal/privacy/ (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://n8n.io (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/install-options/install-with-npm (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/install-options/install-with-docker (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/install-options/install-with-docker (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/install-options/install-with-npm (read 2026-11-03)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/n8n (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE_EE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://n8n.io/pricing/ (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tags (read 2026-11-03)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/n8n/latest (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/configure-n8n/choose-n8ns-database/ (read 2026-11-03)
- i18n: https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/configure-n8n/basic-configuration/use-environment-variables/timezone-and-localization/ (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

n8n is a workflow automation platform. Workflows are built on a visual canvas. A workflow can start from a webhook that a website or service calls, or from a chat trigger whose embedded chat widget calls the workflow's webhook URL. It is written in TypeScript and runs on Node.js, with SQLite by default and PostgreSQL as an option. The project documents installs with a one-line setup script, Docker, Docker Compose and npm.

## Worth knowing

The source is under the Sustainable Use License, and files marked as Enterprise code need an n8n Enterprise License. The company runs n8n Cloud beside the self-hosted version. The one-line setup page says that a coming major release distributes n8n only through Docker, so the npm route applies to the current major only.

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