31 self-hosted apps
Best self-hosted Automation & Workflows apps
Workflow automation and scheduling platforms that connect apps and run jobs. A self-hosted way to replace Zapier, IFTTT and cron glue scripts.
The most popular self-hosted apps for automation & workflows on GitHub are n8n, Huginn and Apache Airflow, ranked by stars below.
Ranked by GitHub stars
All 31 Automation & Workflows apps
n8n
n8n-io/n8n
Free node based Workflow Automation Tool. Easily automate tasks across different services.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
FeaturedSource-availableAutomation & WorkflowsTypeScriptDockerHuginn
huginn/huginn
Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf.
Active · last commit Oct 24, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsRubyApache Airflow
apache/airflow
Platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonDockerchangedetection.io
dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
Stay up-to-date with web-site content changes.
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonDockerKestra
kestra-io/kestra
Event-driven, language-agnostic platform to create, schedule, and monitor workflows. In code. Coordinate data pipelines and tasks such as ETL and ELT.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsJavaDockerActivepieces
activepieces/activepieces
No-code business automation tool like Zapier or Tray. For example, you can send a Slack notification for each new Trello card.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsTypeScriptDockerTemporal
temporalio/temporal
Durable execution platform for reliable workflows and background jobs.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsGoDockerWindmill
windmill-labs/windmill
Fast workflow engine and internal tool builder that turns scripts into UIs and automations.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsRustDockerLeon
leon-ai/leon
Personal assistant who can live on your server.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsTypeScriptAutomatisch
automatisch/automatisch
Business automation tool that lets you connect different services like Twitter, Slack, and more to automate your business processes (alternative to Zapier).
Maintained · last commit Feb 11, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsJavaScriptDockerGotenberg
gotenberg/gotenberg
Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more.
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Document ManagementGoDockerHealthchecks
healthchecks/healthchecks
Listen for pings and sends alerts when pings are late.
Active · last commit Oct 22, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonDockerStackStorm
StackStorm/st2
StackStorm (aka IFTTT for Ops) is event-driven automation for auto-remediation, security responses, troubleshooting, deployments, and more. Includes rules engine, workflow, 160 integration packs…
Active · last commit Oct 21, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonCronicle
jhuckaby/Cronicle
Simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI.
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsJavaScriptDagu
dagucloud/dagu
Powerful Cron alternative with a Web UI. It allows you to define dependencies between commands as a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) in a declarative YAML format.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsGoDockerpyLoad
pyload/pyload
Lightweight, customizable and remotely manageable downloader for 1-click-hosting sites like rapidshare.com or uploaded.to.
Active · last commit Oct 21, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonOliveTin
OliveTin/OliveTin
Web interface for running Linux shell commands.
Active · last commit Oct 24, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsGoDittofeed
dittofeed/dittofeed
Omni-channel customer engagement and messaging automation platform (alternative to Braze, Customer.io, Iterable).
Active · last commit Oct 12, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsTypeScriptDockerMatchering
sergree/matchering
Automated music mastering (alternative to LANDR, eMastered and MajorDecibel).
Maintained · last commit Oct 7, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonDockerFredy
orangecoding/fredy
Searches for new apartments, houses, and flats in Germany on platforms like ImmoScout24, Immowelt, and others, and instantly delivers the results to you via Slack, Telegram, and more.
Active · last commit Oct 23, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsJavaScriptDockerµTask
ovh/utask
Automation engine that models and executes business processes declared in yaml.
Maintained · last commit Jul 29, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsGoDockerCronmaster
fccview/cronmaster
Cronjob management UI with human readable syntax, live logging and log history for your cronjobs.
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsTypeScriptDockerChiefOnboarding
chiefonboarding/ChiefOnboarding
Employee onboarding platform that allows you to provision user accounts and create sequences with todo items, resources, text/email/Slack messages, and more! Available as a web portal and Slack bot.
Active · last commit Oct 23, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonDockerHandBrake Web
TheNickOfTime/handbrake-web
Use one or more instances of HandBrake video transcoder on a headless device via a web interface.
Maintained · last commit Mar 27, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsTypeScriptDockerDiscount Bandit
Cybrarist/Discount-Bandit
Track pricing, stock status of products across multiple stores such as Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, etc.
Active · last commit Oct 23, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPHPDockerKibitzr
kibitzr/kibitzr
Lightweight personal web assistant with powerful integrations.
Maintained · last commit Apr 8, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythongocron
flohoss/gocron
Task scheduler that allows users to specify recurring jobs via a simple YAML configuration file.
Active · last commit Oct 23, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsGoDockerflowctl
cvhariharan/flowctl
Self-service workflow execution platform with approvals, remote execution and scheduling.
Active · last commit Oct 21, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsGoDockerHomeButler
Higangssh/homebutler
Installs and manages a curated catalog of applications via Docker Compose, maps containers and exposed ports, verifies backups restore, and reports what changed since the last run with CLI, JSON…
Active · last commit Oct 17, 2026
Self-hosting PlatformsGoDockerBookBounty
TheWicklowWolf/BookBounty
Retrieve missing Readarr books from Library Genesis.
Active · last commit Aug 28, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonDockerMylar3
MylarComics/mylar3
Automated Comic Book (cbr/cbz) downloader program for use with NZB and torrents.
Active · last commit Aug 17, 2026
Automation & WorkflowsPythonDocker
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What is the best self-hosted app for automation & workflows?
By GitHub stars, n8n is the most popular self-hosted app for automation & workflows with 208,615 stars, followed by Huginn and Apache Airflow. The best fit depends on your needs, so compare Docker support, license and recent activity on each app page.
Are these Automation & Workflows apps free?
Mostly. 30 of the 31 apps here are open source; 1 is source-available. The open-source apps are free to run on your own server; source-available licenses add conditions, such as limits on hosted, commercial or production use, so check the license on each app page. A few projects also offer a paid hosted plan or enterprise add-ons.
How do I install a self-hosted Automation & Workflows app?
24 of the 31 apps here ship a Docker image, which is the easiest route: rent a small VPS or use a home server, install Docker, and start the app with its Docker Compose file. Apps without an image list their native install steps in the README.
Which Automation & Workflows apps are most actively developed?
Measured by commits in the last twelve months, the most active projects are n8n (10,189 commits), Apache Airflow (8,731 commits) and Activepieces (6,472 commits). Active development usually means faster bug fixes and security patches.