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openwork vs n8n
openwork and n8n share 16 technologies: Vite, MCP, Sentry, Redis, PostHog, MySQL, CodeMirror, ai, katex, Zod, Ajv, yaml, jose, sanitize-html, opentelemetry, and nodemailer. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
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openwork
The open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode)
TypeScript24.4kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 2fff515What is openwork 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 openwork
- React Router
- React
- Electron
- Next.js
- Stripe
- Hono
- PlanetScale
- Resend
- Vercel
- Tailwind CSS
class-variance-authority
tailwind-merge
motion
sonner
- lexical
- @tanstack/react-virtual
- Mermaid
xterm
- Lucide
@heroicons/react
marked
- dompurify
shiki
- htmlparser2
- Drizzle
- @ai-sdk/provider
- Better Auth
- sharp
- fast-xml-parser
- @standard-schema/spec
@hono/node-server
recharts
- cmdk
- Framer
react-email
Only in n8n
- Postgres
- Supabase
- Anthropic
OpenAI- Express
- Vue
vue-router
- MongoDB
- SQLite
- lru-cache
- Kafka
- @ai-sdk/provider-utils
- LangChain
- pdf-parse
- @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm
- @mozilla/readability
- turndown
- xss
validator
- logform
winston
- jsonwebtoken
- @lezer/highlight
- class-validator
- linkedom
- mammoth
@clack/prompts
- @aws-sdk/credential-providers
- epub2
- Cheerio
- html-to-text
- bcryptjs
- otpauth
- file-type
- class-transformer
highlight.js
markdown-it
tiptap
vuedraggable
- Chart.js
- rss-parser
pdfjs-dist
Side by side
openworkn8n
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
openwork954,486 lines written3,280 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.
openwork3% of its commits signed by AIWith Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Warp
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.
openworkLast push November 4, 20266,571 commits24,396 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.
openwork822 test files27.7% 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, openwork or n8n?
n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written in 14,224 code files; openwork has 954,486 in 3,280.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which has more GitHub stars, openwork or n8n?
n8n, with 209,517 stars; openwork has 24,396.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n on GitHub
Which has more tests, openwork or n8n?
n8n, with 10,704 test files; openwork has 822.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which was updated more recently, openwork or n8n?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, openwork or n8n?
n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in openwork, 3%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in n8n-io/n8n
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