Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/n8n-io/n8n/vs/omnivore-app/omnivore
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/n8n-io/n8n/vs/omnivore-app/omnivore.md
Description: n8n and omnivore share 18 technologies: Postgres, OpenAI, Redis, Express, Sentry, PostHog, yaml, LangChain, winston, jsonwebtoken, linkedom, html-to-text, sanitize-html, bcryptjs, nodemailer, markdown-it, rss-parser, and pdfjs-dist. Both are written in TypeScript.

# n8n vs omnivore

n8n and omnivore share 18 technologies: Postgres, OpenAI, Redis, Express, Sentry, PostHog, yaml, LangChain, winston, jsonwebtoken, linkedom, html-to-text, sanitize-html, bcryptjs, nodemailer, markdown-it, rss-parser, and pdfjs-dist. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [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.
- [omnivore-app/omnivore](https://seerepo.com/r/omnivore-app/omnivore): Omnivore is a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who like reading.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Postgres, OpenAI, Redis, Express, Sentry, PostHog, yaml, LangChain, winston, jsonwebtoken, linkedom, html-to-text, sanitize-html, bcryptjs, nodemailer, markdown-it, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist
- Only in n8n: Supabase, Anthropic, MCP, Vite, Vue, vue-router, MongoDB, SQLite, lru-cache, MySQL, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, Zod, Ajv, opentelemetry, pdf-parse, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, @mozilla/readability, turndown, xss, validator, logform, jose, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, class-validator, mammoth, @clack/prompts, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, epub2, Cheerio, otpauth, file-type, class-transformer, highlight.js, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex
- Only in omnivore: androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata, Jetpack Compose, androidx.navigation:navigation-compose, androidx.hilt:hilt-navigation-compose, androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences, Firebase, com.google.dagger:hilt-android, core-ktx, lifecycle-livedata-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, lifecycle-viewmodel-savedstate, express-graphql, React, bullmq, Google Cloud, aws-sdk, rate-limit-redis, Google, @apollo/server, @as-integrations/express5, Next.js, @react-native-async-storage/async-storage, ui-util, MarkdownUI, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.core:core-splashscreen, com.google.accompanist:accompanist-flowlayout, material-icons-extended, room-ktx, room-runtime, coil-compose, compose-markdown, TypeORM, jwks-rsa, showdown, @sendgrid/mail, addressparser, dompurify, fast-xml-parser, html-entities, image-size, mailparser, node-html-markdown, node-mailjet, sax, prom-client, @google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter, @opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger, express-prom-bundle, parse-srcset, microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk, natural, imapflow, Radix UI, kbar, @floating-ui/react, antd, react-hot-toast, react-markdown-editor-lite, react-topbar-progress-indicator, react-dropzone, react-spinners, react-arborist, allotment, re-resizable, react-color, react-input-autosize, use-resize-observer, yet-another-react-lightbox, @phosphor-icons/react, react-markdown, remark-gfm, epubjs

## Side by side

| | n8n | omnivore |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files | 540,180 lines written, 1,314 code files |
| Who writes it | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 9,396 commits, 16,408 stars |
| Tests | 10,704 test files. 53.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 470 test files. 8.2% 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, n8n or omnivore?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; omnivore has 540,180.

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

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

n8n, with 209,517 stars; omnivore has 16,408.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; omnivore has 470.

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

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

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

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

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

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

- n8n-io/n8n: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit d5e7db2 (https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/tree/d5e7db2bf57dbc06e65648cdbec7f5db6b91bedc)
- omnivore-app/omnivore: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 4cdfc3d (https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore/tree/4cdfc3d75bd1b7de203f24b812541c58df30209f)

## 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.
