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Workflow Automation

Tools that connect applications and run multi step processes without manual work.

11 products, 8 Projects: 6 open source, 0 source-available, 2 unresolved-license

n8n

n8n

Visual workflow automation with room to drop into code

Stars203K
Commit8h ago
LicenseUnknown

n8n sits between a no-code automation builder and a scripting environment. Workflows are assembled on a canvas from several hundred integrations, and any node in that canvas can be replaced with a JavaScript or Python function when the visual version stops being expressive enough.

Alternative tozapier
Dify

DifyAI

Build and deploy AI agents and RAG pipelines visually

Stars154.1K
Commit8h ago
LicenseUnknown

Dify is where a prompt experiment becomes something a team can operate. Workflows are assembled on a canvas, datasets are indexed and versioned, and every deployment gets an API endpoint with logging and cost tracking attached.

Alternative toretoolchatgpt
Langflow

LangflowAIOpen

Drag-and-drop builder for agents and RAG pipelines

Stars154K
Commit10h ago
LicenseMIT

Langflow turns pipeline construction into a graph you can see. Components are Python underneath, so a flow that outgrows the canvas can be exported and run as code rather than rebuilt.

Alternative toretool
Home Assistant

Home AssistantOpen

Local-first smart home automation with no cloud dependency

Stars90.2K
Commit8h ago
LicenseApache-2.0

Home Assistant runs on a box in your house and talks to devices directly rather than through their manufacturers' servers. That single design decision is why automations keep working when the internet is down, and why a discontinued cloud service does not brick your lights.

Alternative togoogle assistant
Buffer

Buffer

Social media scheduling with a deliberately small surface

CompanyBuffer
Since2010
PricingFreemium

Buffer schedules posts and reports on them, and has resisted becoming a suite for over a decade. That restraint is why it stays usable for a one person marketing function.

Zapier

Zapier

Hosted automation connecting thousands of applications

CompanyZapier
Since2011
PricingFreemium

Zapier's moat is the integration catalogue. Almost anything with an API is already connected, maintained by someone else, and works without a developer, which is worth a great deal to teams with no engineering capacity to spare.

Calendly

Calendly

Booking links that read your real availability

CompanyCalendly
Since2013
PricingFreemium

Calendly removed an email thread from every meeting anyone arranges with someone outside their company. Share a link, the other person picks from real availability, and both calendars update.

Cal.com

Cal.comOpen

Scheduling infrastructure you can host and extend

Stars38.2K
Commit9h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Cal.com covers the booking link case well, but its real distinction is that scheduling is exposed as infrastructure. Availability, event types, and bookings all have APIs, and the booking page can be embedded rather than linked.

Alternative tocalendly
Postiz

PostizOpen

Schedule and analyse posts across 30+ social networks

Stars35.3K
Commit8h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Postiz is a self-hostable scheduler for teams that publish to many networks and do not want to pay per seat for the privilege. It covers planning, drafting, approval, and publishing, with AI assistance for turning one post into per-network variants.

Alternative tobuffer
Dub

DubOpen

Link management and attribution for modern marketing

Stars24.6K
Commit8h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Dub is a link platform rather than a shortener. Every link carries analytics, UTM handling, device and geographic targeting, and conversion attribution back to the click that produced it.

Alternative tomixpanel
Typebot

TypebotOpen

Conversational forms built on a visual flow canvas

Stars9,240
Commit2d ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Typebot builds forms that behave like a conversation: one question at a time, branching on answers, with the flow assembled visually rather than written in code.

Alternative totypeform