egg vs n8n
egg and n8n share 7 technologies: Express, Redis, MCP, Zod, Ajv, Cheerio, and LangChain. Both are written in TypeScript.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
eggjs
egg
🥚🥚🥚🥚 Born to build better enterprise frameworks and apps with Node.js & Koa. https://codewiki.google/github.com/eggjs/egg
TypeScript19kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 2d168f8What is egg built with?Only in egg
koa-bodyparser
koa-compose
- koa-range
- sqlstring
- js-yaml
- escape-html
- mustache
- ajv-formats
- ajv-keywords
typebox
- Nunjucks
In common
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?Only in n8n
- Postgres
- Supabase
- Anthropic
OpenAI- Vite
- Vue
vue-router
- MongoDB
- SQLite
- lru-cache
- Sentry
PostHog- MySQL
- Kafka
ai
yaml
- opentelemetry
- 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
- 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
eggn8n
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
egg199,875 lines written1,062 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.
egg8.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, CodeRabbit, and Cursor
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.
eggLast push October 23, 20261,734 commits18,988 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.
egg2,957 test files16.9% 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, egg or n8n?
n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; egg has 199,875.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which has more GitHub stars, egg or n8n?
n8n, with 209,517 stars; egg has 18,988.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n on GitHub
Which has more tests, egg or n8n?
n8n, with 10,704 test files; egg has 2,957.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's code at commit d5e7db2
Which was updated more recently, egg or n8n?
n8n: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and egg's on October 23, 2026.
The proof: n8n-io/n8n's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, egg or n8n?
n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in egg, 8.8%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in n8n-io/n8n
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