Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hackjutsu/Lepton/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/hackjutsu/Lepton/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: Lepton and n8n share 7 technologies: Vite, SQLite, Chart.js, highlight.js, katex, markdown-it, and winston. Lepton is written in JavaScript and n8n in TypeScript.

# Lepton vs n8n

Lepton and n8n share 7 technologies: Vite, SQLite, Chart.js, highlight.js, katex, markdown-it, and winston. Lepton is written in JavaScript and n8n in TypeScript.

- [hackjutsu/Lepton](https://seerepo.com/r/hackjutsu/Lepton): 💻     Democratizing Snippet Management (macOS/Win/Linux)
- [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: Vite, SQLite, Chart.js, highlight.js, katex, markdown-it, winston
- Only in Lepton: React, Electron, Tauri, rusqlite, @tauri-apps/api, Tokio, react-bootstrap, boring-avatars, codemirror, electron-context-menu, react-split-pane, prismjs, Asciidoctor, markdown-it-emoji, markdown-it-task-lists, tauri-plugin-notification, keyring
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Redis, Express, Vue, vue-router, MongoDB, 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, 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, tiptap, vuedraggable, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | Lepton | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 38,168 lines written, 151 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 9, 2026, 840 commits, 10,345 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 79 test files. 55.6% 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, Lepton or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; Lepton has 38,168.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; Lepton has 10,345.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; Lepton has 79.

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

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

Lepton: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and n8n's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in Lepton, 0.5%.

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

## Sources

- hackjutsu/Lepton: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit cad8cd3 (https://github.com/hackjutsu/Lepton/tree/cad8cd319e0562519ad9abd91a461492099d2051)
- 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.