Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Budibase/budibase/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Budibase/budibase/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: budibase and n8n share 19 technologies: Redis, PostHog, lru-cache, OpenAI, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, jsonwebtoken, sanitize-html, CodeMirror, ai, Zod, Ajv, yaml, highlight.js, pdf-parse, html-to-text, nodemailer, and Cheerio. Both are written in TypeScript.

# budibase vs n8n

budibase and n8n share 19 technologies: Redis, PostHog, lru-cache, OpenAI, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, jsonwebtoken, sanitize-html, CodeMirror, ai, Zod, Ajv, yaml, highlight.js, pdf-parse, html-to-text, nodemailer, and Cheerio. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [Budibase/budibase](https://seerepo.com/r/Budibase/budibase): AI agents, automations and apps that run your operations. Model agnostic.
- [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, PostHog, lru-cache, OpenAI, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, jsonwebtoken, sanitize-html, CodeMirror, ai, Zod, Ajv, yaml, highlight.js, pdf-parse, html-to-text, nodemailer, Cheerio
- Only in budibase: Koa, bull, aws-sdk, AWS S3, @koa/router, Svelte, bson, @chat-adapter/state-ioredis, Airtable, Elastic, Google Cloud, mssql, oracledb, Snowflake, koa-body, knex, @govtechsg/passport-openidconnect, passport-google-oauth, bcrypt, cookies, koa-passport, passport-local, passport-oauth2-refresh, csvtojson, google-spreadsheet, joi, dd-trace, pino, pino-http, pino-pretty, rotating-file-stream, easymde, marked, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, @spectrum-css/vars, xyflow, @dagrejs/dagre, remixicon, handlebars, yup, cli-progress, docker-compose, @ai-sdk/svelte, @azure/msal-node, chat, ai-sdk, imapflow, xml2js, js-yaml, mailparser, xlsx, @apidevtools/swagger-parser, jsonschema, cron-validate, koa-session, ical-generator, email-validator
- Only in n8n: Supabase, Anthropic, MCP, Vite, Express, Vue, vue-router, SQLite, Sentry, Kafka, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, opentelemetry, LangChain, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, @mozilla/readability, turndown, xss, validator, logform, winston, jose, @lezer/highlight, class-validator, linkedom, mammoth, @clack/prompts, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, epub2, bcryptjs, otpauth, file-type, class-transformer, markdown-it, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | budibase | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 626,923 lines written, 3,130 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 41,983 commits, 28,395 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 902 test files. 19.5% 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, budibase or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; budibase has 626,923.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; budibase has 28,395.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; budibase has 902.

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

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

budibase: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and n8n's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in budibase, 1.5%.

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

## Sources

- Budibase/budibase: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit e29a27a (https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/e29a27ac946c043fe7455af64b7f12b9031df72b)
- 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.