Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: ekko-studio and n8n share 9 technologies: Vite, Vue, vue-router, MCP, yaml, markdown-it, highlight.js, katex, and pdfjs-dist. Both are written in TypeScript.

# ekko-studio vs n8n

ekko-studio and n8n share 9 technologies: Vite, Vue, vue-router, MCP, yaml, markdown-it, highlight.js, katex, and pdfjs-dist. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio](https://seerepo.com/r/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio): Ekko Studio is a local-first AI workspace for multi-agent chat, coding, and visual workflows, available on desktop and the web.
- [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: Vite, Vue, vue-router, MCP, yaml, markdown-it, highlight.js, katex, pdfjs-dist
- Only in ekko-studio: Koa, Electron, naive-ui, vue-flow, xterm, vue-virtual-scroller, Mermaid, monaco-editor, @typesafe-ai/sdk, js-tiktoken, js-yaml, qrcode, @aiden0z/pptx-renderer, @vscode/markdown-it-katex, docx-preview, read-excel-file, sharp, pino
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, Redis, Express, MongoDB, SQLite, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, MySQL, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, Zod, Ajv, opentelemetry, LangChain, pdf-parse, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, @mozilla/readability, turndown, xss, validator, logform, winston, jose, jsonwebtoken, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, class-validator, linkedom, mammoth, @clack/prompts, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, epub2, Cheerio, html-to-text, sanitize-html, bcryptjs, otpauth, file-type, nodemailer, class-transformer, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, rss-parser

## Side by side

| | ekko-studio | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 412,394 lines written, 1,567 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 15.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 1,820 commits, 11,748 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 113 test files. 10.2% 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, ekko-studio or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; ekko-studio has 412,394.

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

### Which has more GitHub stars, ekko-studio or n8n?

n8n, with 209,517 stars; ekko-studio has 11,748.

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

### Which has more tests, ekko-studio or n8n?

n8n, with 10,704 test files; ekko-studio has 113.

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

### Which was updated more recently, ekko-studio or n8n?

ekko-studio: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and n8n's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, ekko-studio or n8n?

ekko-studio: an AI signed 15.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in n8n, 14.4%.

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

## Sources

- EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 6bb77f4 (https://github.com/EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio/tree/6bb77f4176cc3d19eba661e198c23e87b32a3618)
- 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.