Category
Open-source startups in Automation
Workflow and integration platforms that connect the tools a company already pays for. 19 open-source startups in this directory are filed under Automation. 14 pushed code in the last 30 days, 0 have been quiet for 31–120 days, 5 have not pushed in over 120 days or are archived. The category is chosen by Jev, TypeSafe’s classifier, reading only the repository’s own name, description and homepage — one category per project, so something that spans two appears under whichever the classifier judged closest.
Ship status
14 of 19 pushed in the last 30 days.
The list
All 19, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one. The “built for” column and the “alternative to” chips are Jev’s answers about the same repository description, published with the rest of them.
| Project | What it does | Built for | Stars | Ship status | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 n8nn8n-io/n8nStill shipping | Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations. | Business teamsalt to Zapier | 207K | Still shipping | |
 freqtradefreqtrade/freqtradeStill shipping | Free, open source crypto trading bot | Consumers | 55.3K | Still shipping | |
 huginnhuginn/huginnStill shipping | Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by! | Consumersalt to Zapier | 50K | Still shipping | |
 EasySpiderNaiboWang/EasySpiderStill shipping | A visual no-code/code-free web crawler/spider易采集：一个可视化浏览器自动化测试/数据采集/网页爬虫软件，可以无代码图形化的设计和执行爬虫任务。别名：ServiceWrapper面向Web应用的智能化服务封装系统。 | Business teams | 44.7K | Still shipping | |
 kestrakestra-io/kestraStill shipping | Event Driven Orchestration & Scheduling Platform for Mission Critical Applications | IT and operations | 29.5K | Still shipping | |
 activepiecesactivepieces/activepiecesStill shipping | AI Agents & MCPs & AI Workflow Automation • (~400 MCP servers for AI agents) • AI Automation / AI Agent with MCPs • AI Workflows & AI Agents • MCPs for AI Agents | Developersalt to Zapier | 25K | Still shipping | |
 temporaltemporalio/temporalStill shipping | Temporal service | Developers | 23.6K | Still shipping | |
 skyvernSkyvern-AI/skyvernStill shipping | Automate browser based workflows with AI | Business teamsalt to Zapier | 23.2K | Still shipping | |
 automaAutomaApp/automaGone silent | A browser extension for automating your browser by connecting blocks | Consumersalt to Zapier | 21.7K | Gone silent | |
 hummingbothummingbot/hummingbotStill shipping | Open source software that helps you create and deploy high-frequency crypto trading bots | Developers | 20.4K | Still shipping | |
 qinglongwhyour/qinglongStill shipping | 支持 Python3、JavaScript、Shell、Typescript 的定时任务管理平台（Timed task management platform supporting Python3, JavaScript, Shell, Typescript） | Developers | 19.9K | Still shipping | |
 windmillwindmill-labs/windmillStill shipping | Open-source developer platform to power your entire infra and turn scripts into webhooks, workflows and UIs. Fastest workflow engine (13x vs Airflow). Open-source alternative to Retool and Temporal. | Developersalt to Retool | 18.2K | Still shipping | |
 maxungetmaxun/maxunStill shipping | Turn any website into a structured API. Extract, automate, search and monitor the web. | Developers | 17.8K | Still shipping | |
 awxansible/awxStill shipping | AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. | IT and operations | 15.6K | Still shipping | |
 automatischautomatisch/automatischGone silent | The open source Zapier alternative. Build workflow automation without spending time and money. | Business teamsalt to Zapier | 14K | Gone silent | |
 Auto.jsclearw5/Auto.jsGone silent | Automation&Workflow JavaScript IDE on Android(安卓平台上的JavaScript编程IDE) | Developers | 12.9K | Gone silent | |
 pipedreamPipedreamHQ/pipedreamStill shipping | Connect APIs, remarkably fast. Free for developers. | Developersalt to Zapier | 11.7K | Still shipping | |
 spider-flowssssssss-team/spider-flowGone silent | 新一代爬虫平台，以图形化方式定义爬虫流程，不写代码即可完成爬虫。 | Business teams | 11.4K | Gone silent | |
 gekkoaskmike/gekkoGone silent | A bitcoin trading bot written in node - https://gekko.wizb.it/ | Consumers | 10.2K | Gone silent |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other categories in the directory, then the other ways to slice it.