Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/linlinjava/litemall/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/linlinjava/litemall/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: litemall and n8n share 3 technologies: MySQL, Vue, and vue-router. litemall is written in Java and n8n in TypeScript.

# litemall vs n8n

litemall and n8n share 3 technologies: MySQL, Vue, and vue-router. litemall is written in Java and n8n in TypeScript.

- [linlinjava/litemall](https://seerepo.com/r/linlinjava/litemall): 又一个小商城。litemall = Spring Boot后端 + Vue管理员前端 + 微信小程序用户前端 + Vue用户移动端
- [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: MySQL, Vue, vue-router
- Only in litemall: Spring, mysql:mysql-connector-java, com.alibaba:druid-spring-boot-starter, com.aliyun.oss:aliyun-sdk-oss, com.github.pagehelper:pagehelper-spring-boot-starter, org.mybatis.spring.boot:mybatis-spring-boot-starter, com.auth0:java-jwt, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-mail, Hibernate, Normalize.css, @tinymce/tinymce-vue, nprogress, screenfull, vant
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Vite, Redis, Express, MongoDB, SQLite, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, 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, 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, highlight.js, markdown-it, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | litemall | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 170,216 lines written, 666 code files | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push August 20, 2026, 1,071 commits, 20,411 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars |
| Tests | 29 test files. 3.5% 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, litemall or n8n?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; litemall has 170,216.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; litemall has 20,411.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; litemall has 29.

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

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

n8n: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and litemall's on August 20, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, litemall 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

- linlinjava/litemall: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit a1ef964 (https://github.com/linlinjava/litemall/tree/a1ef964a718b7277925b19ea26afe78ea3a1d325)
- 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.