Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/n8n-io/n8n/vs/serverless/examples
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/n8n-io/n8n/vs/serverless/examples.md
Description: n8n and examples share 10 technologies: Anthropic, MCP, Express, MongoDB, yaml, Zod, LangChain, validator, jose, and jsonwebtoken. n8n is written in TypeScript and examples in JavaScript.

# n8n vs examples

n8n and examples share 10 technologies: Anthropic, MCP, Express, MongoDB, yaml, Zod, LangChain, validator, jose, and jsonwebtoken. n8n is written in TypeScript and examples in JavaScript.

- [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.
- [serverless/examples](https://seerepo.com/r/serverless/examples): Serverless Examples – A collection of boilerplates and examples of serverless architectures built with the Serverless Framework on AWS Lambda, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Functions, and more.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Anthropic, MCP, Express, MongoDB, yaml, Zod, LangChain, validator, jose, jsonwebtoken
- Only in n8n: Postgres, Supabase, OpenAI, Vite, Redis, Vue, vue-router, SQLite, lru-cache, Sentry, PostHog, MySQL, Kafka, ai, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, Ajv, opentelemetry, pdf-parse, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, @mozilla/readability, turndown, xss, logform, winston, 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
- Only in examples: s3, AWS S3, @aws-sdk/client-sqs, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/dynamodb/attributevalue, @aws-sdk/lib-storage, aws-sdk, Next.js, React, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner, Stripe, @apollo/server, @aws-sdk/client-kinesis, NestJS, Flask, pymongo, LINE, Sinatra, Fastify, Hono, @aws-sdk/credential-provider-node, @smithy/signature-v4, strands-agents, strands-agents-tools, LangGraph, langchain-aws, langchain-mcp-adapters, beautifulsoup4, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions, boto3, botocore, github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go, com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-agentcore, @strands-agents/sdk, Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.SystemTextJson, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, Amazon.Lambda.APIGatewayEvents, Amazon.Lambda.Core, jwks-rsa, sharp, serverless-http, @sparticuz/chromium, @aws-sdk/client-lambda, mailparser, sentiment, @aws-sdk/client-apigatewaymanagementapi, cryptography, pyjwt, @aws-sdk/client-eventbridgev2, @aws-sdk/client-lambda-microvms

## Side by side

| | n8n | examples |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5,241,398 lines written, 14,224 code files | 23,187 lines written, 339 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 |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 26,047 commits, 209,517 stars | Last push October 28, 2026, 996 commits, 11,516 stars |
| Tests | 10,704 test files. 53.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 18 test files. 3.8% 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 examples?

n8n, with 5,241,398 lines written; examples has 23,187.

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 examples?

n8n, with 209,517 stars; examples has 11,516.

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

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

n8n, with 10,704 test files; examples has 18.

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 examples?

n8n: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and examples'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, n8n or examples?

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)
- serverless/examples: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 424fe6f (https://github.com/serverless/examples/tree/424fe6f7737bd45aeea4e5b40d7beda3422ffa54)

## 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.