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n8n

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

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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
n8n GmbH4
Maintained by
Company4
First release
201913
Headquarters
Germany5

Rendering and deploy

Install with
one-line setup script678

Releases

Current major version
212
Last release
2026-11-0212

Adoption

GitHub stars
209,4202
npm downloads a week
135,2139
Contributors
4312

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-03: links, Categories
    n8n.io
  2. 2026-11-03: links, Written in, GitHub stars, Contributors
    github.com/n8n-io/n8n
  3. 2026-11-03: links
    docs.n8n.io
  4. 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Maintained by, License
    github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE_EE.md
  5. 2026-11-03: Headquarters
    n8n.io/legal/privacy/
  6. 2026-11-03: Runtime, Install with
    docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/install-options/install-with-npm
  7. 2026-11-03: Install with, Admin interface, License model
    github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/README.md
  8. 2026-11-03: Install with
    docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/install-options/install-with-docker
  9. 2026-11-03: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/n8n
  10. 2026-11-03: License
    github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/LICENSE.md
  11. 2026-11-03: links
    n8n.io/pricing/
  12. 2026-11-03: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases
  13. 2026-11-03: First release
    github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tags
  14. 2026-11-03: Minimum runtime
    registry.npmjs.org/n8n/latest
  15. 2026-11-03: Databases
    docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/configure-n8n/choose-n8ns-database/
  16. 2026-11-03: Multilingual
    docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/configure-n8n/basic-configuration/use-environment-variables/timezone-and-localization/

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