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Archon vs n8n
Archon and n8n share 9 technologies: Postgres, PostHog, Anthropic, Vite, bcryptjs, Zod, @clack/prompts, yaml, and Ajv. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
coleam00
Archon
The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable.
TypeScript23.8kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 0d8de49What is Archon built with?n8n-io
n8n
Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.
TypeScript209.5kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit d5e7db2What is n8n built with?In common
Only in Archon
- GitHub
- Hono
- React
- React Router
- pino
pino-pretty
@agentclientprotocol/sdk
- earendil-works
- @opencode-ai/sdk
- Better Auth
- Tailwind CSS
- xyflow
- @dagrejs/dagre
- Lucide
- react-markdown
rehype-highlight
- remark-breaks
remark-gfm
Only in n8n
- Supabase
OpenAI- MCP
- Redis
- Express
- Vue
vue-router
- MongoDB
- SQLite
- lru-cache
- Sentry
- MySQL
- Kafka
ai
- @ai-sdk/provider-utils
- opentelemetry
- LangChain
- pdf-parse
- @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm
- @mozilla/readability
- turndown
- xss
validator
- logform
winston
- jose
- jsonwebtoken
- CodeMirror
- @lezer/highlight
- class-validator
- linkedom
- mammoth
- @aws-sdk/credential-providers
- epub2
- Cheerio
- html-to-text
- sanitize-html
- otpauth
- file-type
nodemailer
- class-transformer
highlight.js
markdown-it
tiptap
vuedraggable
- Chart.js
katex
- rss-parser
pdfjs-dist
Side by side
Archonn8n
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
Archon666,863 lines written1,890 code files
n8n5,241,398 lines written14,224 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
Archon12.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Gemini CLI
n8n14.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
ArchonLast push November 4, 20263,643 commits23,825 stars
n8nLast push November 4, 202626,047 commits209,517 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
Archon1,069 test files42.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
n8n10,704 test files53.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, Archon or n8n?
n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; Archon has 666,863.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which has more GitHub stars, Archon or n8n?
n8n, with 209,517 stars; Archon has 23,825.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n on GitHub
Which has more tests, Archon or n8n?
n8n, with 10,704 test files; Archon has 1,069.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which was updated more recently, Archon or n8n?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: coleam00/Archon's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, Archon or n8n?
n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in Archon, 12.7%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in n8n-io/n8n
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