Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/advplyr/audiobookshelf/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/advplyr/audiobookshelf/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: audiobookshelf and n8n share 6 technologies: Express, lru-cache, SQLite, Vue, nodemailer, and vuedraggable. audiobookshelf is written in JavaScript and n8n in TypeScript.

# audiobookshelf vs n8n

audiobookshelf and n8n share 6 technologies: Express, lru-cache, SQLite, Vue, nodemailer, and vuedraggable. audiobookshelf is written in JavaScript and n8n in TypeScript.

- [advplyr/audiobookshelf](https://seerepo.com/r/advplyr/audiobookshelf): Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
- [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: Express, lru-cache, SQLite, Vue, nodemailer, vuedraggable
- Only in audiobookshelf: Nuxt, Sequelize, Passport, express-session, openid-client, passport-jwt, htmlparser2, xml2js, Tailwind CSS, trix, vue-toastification, epubjs
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Vite, Redis, vue-router, MongoDB, 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, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, class-validator, linkedom, mammoth, @clack/prompts, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, epub2, Cheerio, html-to-text, sanitize-html, bcryptjs, otpauth, file-type, class-transformer, highlight.js, markdown-it, tiptap, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | audiobookshelf | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 149,011 lines written, 688 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Codex, and Claude Code | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 5,550 commits, 14,943 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 47 test files. 7.7% 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, audiobookshelf or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; audiobookshelf has 149,011.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; audiobookshelf has 14,943.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; audiobookshelf has 47.

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

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

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

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

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

n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in audiobookshelf, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- advplyr/audiobookshelf: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit f57ca09 (https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/tree/f57ca09f6ea7b02efbec0549bf1960b9ba5de427)
- 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.