Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/keystonejs/keystone/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/keystonejs/keystone/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: keystone and n8n share 6 technologies: Express, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, bcryptjs, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

# keystone vs n8n

keystone and n8n share 6 technologies: Express, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, bcryptjs, and Zod. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [keystonejs/keystone](https://seerepo.com/r/keystonejs/keystone): The superpowered headless CMS for Node.js — built with GraphQL and React
- [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: Express, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, bcryptjs, Zod
- Only in keystone: React, Cloudinary, Next.js, @apollo/server, @as-integrations/express5, react-aria, @hapi/iron, image-size, enquirer, @emotion/weak-memoize, slate, slate-react, react-stately, slate-history, scroll-into-view-if-needed, @braintree/sanitize-url, mdast-util-from-markdown, mdast-util-gfm-autolink-literal, mdast-util-gfm-strikethrough, micromark-extension-gfm-autolink-literal, micromark-extension-gfm-strikethrough, Prisma
- Only in n8n: Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Vite, Redis, Vue, vue-router, MongoDB, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, yaml, 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, otpauth, file-type, nodemailer, class-transformer, highlight.js, markdown-it, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | keystone | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 118,054 lines written, 278 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 12, 2026, 7,410 commits, 9,989 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 219 test files. 16.2% 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, keystone or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; keystone has 118,054.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; keystone has 9,989.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; keystone has 219.

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

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

keystone: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and n8n's on November 4, 2026.

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

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

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

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

## Sources

- keystonejs/keystone: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 3101ebc (https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/tree/3101ebcf7f1e24db30a6fbf63f2d1ae9fdd20aaa)
- 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.