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pi vs n8n
pi and n8n share 4 technologies: OpenAI, Anthropic, yaml, and highlight.js. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
earendil-works
pi
AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI
TypeScript120kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit e885255What is pi 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 pi
- React
- lowlight
marked
- @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime
- @silvia-odwyer/photon-node
typebox
@xterm/headless
Only in n8n
- Postgres
- Supabase
- MCP
- Vite
- Redis
- Express
- Vue
vue-router
- MongoDB
- SQLite
- lru-cache
- Sentry
PostHog- MySQL
- Kafka
ai
- @ai-sdk/provider-utils
- 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
nodemailer
- class-transformer
markdown-it
tiptap
vuedraggable
- Chart.js
katex
- rss-parser
pdfjs-dist
Side by side
pin8n
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
pi677,258 lines written1,543 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.
pi0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and Amp
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.
piLast push November 4, 20267,130 commits119,972 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.
pi1,475 test files46.8% 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, pi or n8n?
n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; pi has 677,258.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which has more GitHub stars, pi or n8n?
n8n, with 209,517 stars; pi has 119,972.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n on GitHub
Which has more tests, pi or n8n?
n8n, with 10,704 test files; pi has 1,475.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which was updated more recently, pi or n8n?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: earendil-works/pi's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, pi or n8n?
n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in pi, 0.3%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in n8n-io/n8n
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