The best trigger.dev alternatives

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

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• you want the more widely starred option (25.4k)
• you specifically need ai-agent or ai-agent-tools

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editor

pascalorg/editor

Open-source 3D architectural editor with a local CLI, MCP tools, and practical workflows for humans and AI agents.

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• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (25.3k)
• you specifically need 3d or agent-skills

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dify

langgenius/dify

Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack.

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• you want the more widely starred option (160.3k)
• you specifically need agent or agentic-ai

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n8n

n8n-io/n8n

Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.

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• you want the more widely starred option (209.4k)
• you specifically need apis or cli

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gpt-researcher

assafelovic/gpt-researcher

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

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• you would rather work in Python than TypeScript
• you want the more widely starred option (30.5k)
• you specifically need agent or deepresearch

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lamda

firerpa/lamda

Android Full-Stack Device Control Platform: WebRTC/H.264 remote desktop, UI/OCR/image-matching automation, one-click MITM, built-in Frida, proxy/VPN/frp/P2P networking, MCP/Agent, 160+ APIs, designed for multi-device clusters and engineered deployments.

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• you would rather work in Python than TypeScript
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need adb or agents

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ai-website-cloner-template

JCodesMore/ai-website-cloner-template

Clone any website with one command using AI coding agents

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• you would rather work in JavaScript than TypeScript
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (38.5k)
• you specifically need ai-tools or boilerplate

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mastra

mastra-ai/mastra

Mastra is the modern TypeScript framework for AI-powered applications and agents.

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• you want the more widely starred option (29.3k)
• you specifically need agents or chatbots

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Scrapling

D4Vinci/Scrapling

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

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• you would rather work in Python than TypeScript
• BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (93.8k)
• you specifically need ai-scraping or crawler

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sim

simstudioai/sim

Sim is the collaborative workspace to build, deploy, and monitor AI agents and workflows. Used by 100,000+ builders.

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• you want the more widely starred option (30.0k)
• you specifically need agent-workflow or agentic-workflow

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hexstrike-ai

0x4m4/hexstrike-ai

HexStrike AI MCP Agents is an advanced MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude, GPT, Copilot, etc.) autonomously run 150+ cybersecurity tools for automated pentesting, vulnerability discovery, bug bounty automation, and security research. Seamlessly bridge LLMs with real-world offensive security capabilities.

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• you would rather work in Python than TypeScript
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need 0x4m4 or ai-cybersecurity

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klavis

Klavis-AI/klavis

Klavis AI: MCP integration platforms that let AI agents use tools reliably at any scale

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• you would rather work in Python than TypeScript
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agents or api

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