Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gchq/CyberChef/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gchq/CyberChef/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: CyberChef and n8n share 6 technologies: CodeMirror, bcryptjs, jsonwebtoken, otpauth, highlight.js, and markdown-it. CyberChef is written in JavaScript and n8n in TypeScript.

# CyberChef vs n8n

CyberChef and n8n share 6 technologies: CodeMirror, bcryptjs, jsonwebtoken, otpauth, highlight.js, and markdown-it. CyberChef is written in JavaScript and n8n in TypeScript.

- [gchq/CyberChef](https://seerepo.com/r/gchq/CyberChef): The Cyber Swiss Army Knife - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis
- [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: CodeMirror, bcryptjs, jsonwebtoken, otpauth, highlight.js, markdown-it
- Only in CyberChef: bson, D3, sortablejs, cli-progress, split.js, tesseract.js, jimp, @xmldom/xmldom, js-yaml, dompurify, handlebars, jsqr
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Vite, Redis, Express, Vue, vue-router, MongoDB, SQLite, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, MySQL, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, yaml, Zod, Ajv, opentelemetry, LangChain, pdf-parse, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, @mozilla/readability, turndown, xss, validator, logform, winston, jose, @lezer/highlight, class-validator, linkedom, mammoth, @clack/prompts, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, epub2, Cheerio, html-to-text, sanitize-html, file-type, nodemailer, class-transformer, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | CyberChef | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 137,353 lines written, 641 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot and Claude Code | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,586 commits, 36,335 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 233 test files. 3.3% 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, CyberChef or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; CyberChef has 137,353.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; CyberChef has 36,335.

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

### Which has more tests, CyberChef or n8n?

n8n, with 10,704 test files; CyberChef has 233.

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

### Which was updated more recently, CyberChef or n8n?

CyberChef: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and n8n's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [gchq/CyberChef's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commits)

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

n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in CyberChef, 0.1%.

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

## Sources

- gchq/CyberChef: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit d4d96c6 (https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/tree/d4d96c6c3d2597fef836d81bfc04617d97c681a5)
- 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.