Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/n8n-io/n8n/vs/renovatebot/renovate
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/n8n-io/n8n/vs/renovatebot/renovate.md
Description: n8n and renovate share 6 technologies: Redis, yaml, Zod, Ajv, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, and markdown-it. Both are written in TypeScript.

# n8n vs renovate

n8n and renovate share 6 technologies: Redis, yaml, Zod, Ajv, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, and markdown-it. 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.
- [renovatebot/renovate](https://seerepo.com/r/renovatebot/renovate): Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Redis, yaml, Zod, Ajv, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, markdown-it
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, Anthropic, OpenAI, MCP, Vite, Express, Vue, vue-router, MongoDB, SQLite, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, MySQL, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, 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, epub2, Cheerio, html-to-text, sanitize-html, bcryptjs, otpauth, file-type, nodemailer, class-transformer, highlight.js, tiptap, vuedraggable, Chart.js, katex, rss-parser, pdfjs-dist
- Only in renovate: cacache, AWS S3, mkdocs-material, markdown-table, remark, handlebars, node-html-parser, remark-gfm, sax, unified, ajv-formats, validate-npm-package-name, OpenTelemetry

## Side by side

| | n8n | renovate |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files | 568,203 lines written, 1,635 code files |
| Who writes it | 14.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 28,282 commits, 23,012 stars |
| Tests | 10,704 test files. 53.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,113 test files. 65.7% 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, n8n or renovate?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; renovate has 568,203.

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 renovate?

n8n, with 209,517 stars; renovate has 23,012.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; renovate has 1,113.

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 renovate?

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

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

n8n: an AI signed 14.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and CodeRabbit; in renovate, 0.4%.

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)
- renovatebot/renovate: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 570fdbb (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/tree/570fdbb36dcc111d18d13b5fb0627c83fe76a846)

## 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.