The best n8n alternatives

app

reactive-resume/app

A one-of-a-kind resume builder that keeps your privacy in mind. Completely secure, customizable, portable, open-source and free forever. Try it out today!

Choose app if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agent-skills or dsh-plugin

Shares ai, mcp-server, self-hosted, typescript with n8n.

gemini-cli

google-gemini/gemini-cli

An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

Choose gemini-cli if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need ai-agents or gemini

Shares ai, cli, mcp-client, mcp-server with n8n.

activepieces

activepieces/activepieces

AI Agents & MCPs & AI Workflow Automation • (~400 MCP servers for AI agents) • AI Automation / AI Agent with MCPs • AI Workflows & AI Agents • MCPs for AI Agents

Choose activepieces if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ai-agent or ai-agent-tools

Shares mcp, mcp-server, workflow, workflow-automation with n8n.

trigger.dev

triggerdotdev/trigger.dev

Trigger.dev – build and deploy durable AI agents and workflows

Choose trigger.dev if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ai-agent-framework or ai-agents

Shares ai, automation, mcp, mcp-server with n8n.

wigolo

KnockOutEZ/wigolo

The go-to web for your AI coding agent — local-first search, fetch, crawl & research over MCP. No API keys, no cloud, $0/query. Public beta.

Choose wigolo if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agent or ai-agent

Shares ai, cli, mcp, mcp-server with n8n.

nocobase

nocobase/nocobase

NocoBase is an open-source AI + no-code platform for building business systems fast. Instead of generating everything from scratch, AI works on top of production-proven infrastructure and a WYSIWYG no-code interface, so you get both speed and reliability.

Choose nocobase if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need admin-dashboard or ai-agent

Shares low-code, no-code, self-hosted with n8n.

zcf

UfoMiao/zcf

Zero-Config Code Flow for Claude code & Codex

Choose zcf if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agent or ai-agent

Shares ai, cli, typescript, workflow with n8n.

Scrapling

D4Vinci/Scrapling

🕷️ An adaptive Web Scraping framework that handles everything from a single request to a full-scale crawl!

Choose Scrapling if…

• you would rather work in Python than TypeScript
• you need a detected license — this one reports BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ai-scraping or crawler

Shares ai, automation, mcp, mcp-server with n8n.

gpt-researcher

assafelovic/gpt-researcher

An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers

Choose gpt-researcher if…

• you would rather work in Python than TypeScript
• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agent or deepresearch

Shares ai, automation, mcp, mcp-server with n8n.

nuclear

nukeop/nuclear

Streaming music player that finds free music for you

Choose nuclear if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agent or desktop-app

Shares ai, mcp, mcp-server, typescript with n8n.

typescript-sdk

modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk

The official TypeScript SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients

Choose typescript-sdk if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one

Shares mcp, mcp-client, mcp-server, typescript with n8n.

hermes-studio

EKKOLearnAI/hermes-studio

Ekko Studio is a local-first AI workspace for multi-agent chat, coding, and visual workflows, available on desktop and the web.

Choose hermes-studio if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agent or ai-agent

Shares self-hosted, typescript, workflow-automation with n8n.