Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Effect-TS/effect/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Effect-TS/effect/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: effect and n8n share 8 technologies: Vue, Redis, SQLite, MySQL, jose, Ajv, Zod, and opentelemetry. Both are written in TypeScript.

# effect vs n8n

effect and n8n share 8 technologies: Vue, Redis, SQLite, MySQL, jose, Ajv, Zod, and opentelemetry. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [Effect-TS/effect](https://seerepo.com/r/Effect-TS/effect): Build production-ready applications in TypeScript
- [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: Vue, Redis, SQLite, MySQL, jose, Ajv, Zod, opentelemetry
- Only in effect: React, scheduler, Solid, ClickHouse, tedious, @electric-sql/pglite, react-error-boundary, valibot
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Vite, Express, vue-router, MongoDB, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, yaml, LangChain, pdf-parse, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, @mozilla/readability, turndown, xss, validator, logform, winston, 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, highlight.js, markdown-it, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | effect | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,052,986 lines written, 1,112 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 12,269 commits, 17,497 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 885 test files. 6.3% 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, effect or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; effect has 1,052,986.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; effect has 17,497.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; effect has 885.

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

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

effect: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and n8n's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [Effect-TS/effect's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/commits)

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

n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in effect, 1.8%.

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

## Sources

- Effect-TS/effect: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 9428e17 (https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect/tree/9428e17499ee3a144f2ac73c67213fb1336d2bdf)
- 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.