Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/coleam00/Archon/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/coleam00/Archon/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: Archon and n8n share 9 technologies: Postgres, PostHog, Anthropic, Vite, bcryptjs, Zod, @clack/prompts, yaml, and Ajv. Both are written in TypeScript.

# 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.

- [coleam00/Archon](https://seerepo.com/r/coleam00/Archon): The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable.
- [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: Postgres, PostHog, Anthropic, Vite, bcryptjs, Zod, @clack/prompts, yaml, Ajv
- 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

| | Archon | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 666,863 lines written, 1,890 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 12.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Gemini CLI | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 3,643 commits, 23,825 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 1,069 test files. 42.7% 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, Archon or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; Archon has 666,863.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; Archon has 23,825.

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

### 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](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/d5e7db2bf57dbc06e65648cdbec7f5db6b91bedc)

### 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](https://github.com/coleam00/Archon/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/n8n-io/n8n/ai)

## Sources

- coleam00/Archon: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 0d8de49 (https://github.com/coleam00/Archon/tree/0d8de493fb016ca7a63529f3abc1ab08ac3e7a16)
- 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.