Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BookStackApp/BookStack/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/BookStackApp/BookStack/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: BookStack and n8n share 4 technologies: Redis, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, and markdown-it. BookStack is written in PHP and n8n in TypeScript.

# BookStack vs n8n

BookStack and n8n share 4 technologies: Redis, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, and markdown-it. BookStack is written in PHP and n8n in TypeScript.

- [BookStackApp/BookStack](https://seerepo.com/r/BookStackApp/BookStack): NOW MANAGED ON CODEBERG
- [n8n-io/n8n](https://seerepo.com/r/n8n-io/n8n): Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Redis, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, markdown-it
- Only in BookStack: Laravel, flysystem-aws-s3-v3, idb-keyval, AWS S3, snabbdom, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, sortablejs, microsoft-azure, laravel/socialite, socialiteproviders/discord, markdown-it-task-lists
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Vite, Express, Vue, vue-router, MongoDB, SQLite, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, MySQL, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, yaml, Zod, Ajv, opentelemetry, LangChain, pdf-parse, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, @mozilla/readability, turndown, xss, validator, logform, winston, jose, jsonwebtoken, class-validator, linkedom, mammoth, @clack/prompts, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, epub2, Cheerio, html-to-text, sanitize-html, bcryptjs, otpauth, file-type, nodemailer, class-transformer, highlight.js, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | BookStack | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 269,505 lines written, 1,954 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 4,853 commits, 19,129 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 221 test files. 8.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 10,704 test files. 53.7% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, BookStack or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; BookStack has 269,505.

The proof: [n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/d5e7db2bf57dbc06e65648cdbec7f5db6b91bedc)

### Which has more GitHub stars, BookStack or n8n?

n8n, with 209,517 stars; BookStack has 19,129.

The proof: [n8n-io/n8n on GitHub](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n)

### Which has more tests, BookStack or n8n?

n8n, with 10,704 test files; BookStack has 221.

The proof: [n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/d5e7db2bf57dbc06e65648cdbec7f5db6b91bedc)

### Which was updated more recently, BookStack or n8n?

BookStack: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and n8n's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [BookStackApp/BookStack's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, BookStack or n8n?

n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in n8n-io/n8n](https://seerepo.com/r/n8n-io/n8n/ai)

## Sources

- BookStackApp/BookStack: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 0b6b667 (https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/tree/0b6b667e0d84ebb3406de6de9fadbf4230c29c0b)
- n8n-io/n8n: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit d5e7db2 (https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/d5e7db2bf57dbc06e65648cdbec7f5db6b91bedc)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.