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 within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 0 have been quiet for 31–120 days, 5 have not pushed in over 120 days. 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.
14 of 19 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →
The list
All 19, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a 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 verified push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n-io/n8n | 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 | 205.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| freqtrade/freqtrade | Free, open source crypto trading bot | Consumers | 54.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| huginn/huginn | Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by! | Consumersalt to Zapier | 50K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| NaiboWang/EasySpider | 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 | 44.6K | Still shipping | Sep 17, 2026 |
| kestra-io/kestra | Event Driven Orchestration & Scheduling Platform for Mission Critical Applications | IT and operations | 28.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| activepieces/activepieces | 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 | 24.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| temporalio/temporal | Temporal service | Developers | 23.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Skyvern-AI/skyvern | Automate browser based workflows with AI | Business teamsalt to Zapier | 23.1K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| AutomaApp/automa | A browser extension for automating your browser by connecting blocks | Consumersalt to Zapier | 21.6K | Gone silent | Mar 2, 2026 |
| hummingbot/hummingbot | Open source software that helps you create and deploy high-frequency crypto trading bots | Developers | 20.1K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| whyour/qinglong | 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 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| windmill-labs/windmill | 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 | 18K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| getmaxun/maxun | Turn any website into a structured API. Extract, automate, search and monitor the web. | Developers | 17.5K | Still shipping | Sep 21, 2026 |
| ansible/awx | 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 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| automatisch/automatisch | The open source Zapier alternative. Build workflow automation without spending time and money. | Business teamsalt to Zapier | 14K | Gone silent | Feb 11, 2026 |
| clearw5/Auto.js | Automation&Workflow JavaScript IDE on Android(安卓平台上的JavaScript编程IDE) | Developers | 12.9K | Gone silent | Feb 11, 2023 |
| PipedreamHQ/pipedream | Connect APIs, remarkably fast. Free for developers. | Developersalt to Zapier | 11.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| ssssssss-team/spider-flow | 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 | 11.3K | Gone silent | Jun 14, 2023 |
| askmike/gekko | A bitcoin trading bot written in node - https://gekko.wizb.it/ | Consumers | 10.2K | Gone silent | Feb 16, 2020 |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other categories in the directory, then the other ways to slice it. Every count is as of the snapshot of 2026-09-22.
Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →