Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: n8n-mcp and n8n share 7 technologies: Express, SQLite, lru-cache, MCP, OpenAI, Vite, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

# n8n-mcp vs n8n

n8n-mcp and n8n share 7 technologies: Express, SQLite, lru-cache, MCP, OpenAI, Vite, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [czlonkowski/n8n-mcp](https://seerepo.com/r/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp): A MCP for Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Windsurf / Cursor to build n8n workflows for you 
- [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, SQLite, lru-cache, MCP, OpenAI, Vite, Zod
- Only in n8n-mcp: sql.js, React, js-yaml
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, Redis, Vue, vue-router, MongoDB, Sentry, PostHog, MySQL, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, yaml, 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, highlight.js, markdown-it, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | n8n-mcp | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 262,178 lines written, 251 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 69.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 3, 2026, 1,167 commits, 23,208 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 358 test files. 62.5% 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, n8n-mcp or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; n8n-mcp has 262,178.

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

### Which has more GitHub stars, n8n-mcp or n8n?

n8n, with 209,517 stars; n8n-mcp has 23,208.

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

### Which has more tests, n8n-mcp or n8n?

n8n, with 10,704 test files; n8n-mcp has 358.

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

### Which was updated more recently, n8n-mcp or n8n?

n8n: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and n8n-mcp's on November 3, 2026.

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

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

n8n-mcp: an AI signed 69.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot; in n8n, 14.4%.

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

## Sources

- czlonkowski/n8n-mcp: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 1c755c5 (https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/tree/1c755c5c8d99eb71faade17753a7f24138f4212c)
- 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.