Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/monicahq/monica/vs/n8n-io/n8n
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/monicahq/monica/vs/n8n-io/n8n.md
Description: monica and n8n share 4 technologies: Vue, Vite, SQLite, and Sentry. monica is written in PHP and n8n in TypeScript.

# monica vs n8n

monica and n8n share 4 technologies: Vue, Vite, SQLite, and Sentry. monica is written in PHP and n8n in TypeScript.

- [monicahq/monica](https://seerepo.com/r/monicahq/monica): Personal CRM. Remember everything about your friends, family and business relationships.
- [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: Vue, Vite, SQLite, Sentry
- Only in monica: Laravel
- Only in n8n: Express, Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, Supabase, MySQL, MCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Kafka, PostHog

## Side by side

| | monica | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 173,579 lines written, 1,392 code files | 5,238,068 lines written, 14,220 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 October 28, 2026, 970 commits, 25,673 stars | Last push November 3, 2026, 26,041 commits, 209,435 stars |
| Tests | 516 test files. 35.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 10,697 test files. 53.6% 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, monica or n8n?

n8n, with 5,238,068 lines written in 14,220 code files; monica has 173,579 in 1,392.

The proof: [n8n-io/n8n's code at commit 5339f0c](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/5339f0c988dd2fc89040cc5150bd3b991a4c6198)

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

n8n, with 209,435 stars; monica has 25,673.

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

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

n8n, with 10,697 test files; monica has 516.

The proof: [n8n-io/n8n's code at commit 5339f0c](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/5339f0c988dd2fc89040cc5150bd3b991a4c6198)

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

n8n: its last push was on November 3, 2026, and monica's on October 28, 2026.

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

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

- monicahq/monica: Read on November 3, 2026, at commit dab7427 (https://github.com/monicahq/monica/tree/dab74273acc5c9e0ba713a9f7c2c71c24ab16993)
- n8n-io/n8n: Read on November 3, 2026, at commit 5339f0c (https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/5339f0c988dd2fc89040cc5150bd3b991a4c6198)

## 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.