# 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 automation & workflows apps on GitHub are n8n, Huginn and Apache Airflow. appsgit lists 31 self-hosted apps in this category, ranked by GitHub stars. 30 of the 31 apps here are open source; 1 is source-available.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Apps listed | 31 |
| Most starred | n8n (206,738 stars) |
| With a Docker image | 24 |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/categories/automation |

## All 31 Automation & Workflows apps

- [n8n](https://appsgit.com/apps/n8n): Free node based Workflow Automation Tool. Easily automate tasks across different services. (206,738 stars, Sustainable Use License, source-available, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Huginn](https://appsgit.com/apps/huginn): Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf. (50,023 stars, MIT, Ruby)
- [Apache Airflow](https://appsgit.com/apps/apache-airflow): Platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows. (47,062 stars, Apache-2.0, Python, Docker)
- [changedetection.io](https://appsgit.com/apps/changedetection-io): Stay up-to-date with web-site content changes. (34,796 stars, Apache-2.0, Python, Docker)
- [Kestra](https://appsgit.com/apps/kestra): Event-driven, language-agnostic platform to create, schedule, and monitor workflows. In code. Coordinate data pipelines and tasks such as ETL and ELT. (29,274 stars, Apache-2.0, Java, Docker)
- [Activepieces](https://appsgit.com/apps/activepieces): No-code business automation tool like Zapier or Tray. For example, you can send a Slack notification for each new Trello card. (24,913 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Temporal](https://appsgit.com/apps/temporal): Durable execution platform for reliable workflows and background jobs. (23,487 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)
- [Windmill](https://appsgit.com/apps/windmill): Fast workflow engine and internal tool builder that turns scripts into UIs and automations. (18,108 stars, AGPL-3.0, Rust, Docker)
- [Leon](https://appsgit.com/apps/leon): Personal assistant who can live on your server. (17,555 stars, MIT, TypeScript)
- [Automatisch](https://appsgit.com/apps/automatisch): Business automation tool that lets you connect different services like Twitter, Slack, and more to automate your business processes (alternative to Zapier). (13,988 stars, AGPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Gotenberg](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (13,228 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)
- [Healthchecks](https://appsgit.com/apps/healthchecks): Listen for pings and sends alerts when pings are late. (10,386 stars, BSD-3-Clause, Python, Docker)
- [StackStorm](https://appsgit.com/apps/stackstorm): 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… (6,541 stars, Apache-2.0, Python)
- [Cronicle](https://appsgit.com/apps/cronicle): Simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI. (5,853 stars, MIT, JavaScript)
- [Dagu](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (4,280 stars, GPL-3.0, Go, Docker)
- [pyLoad](https://appsgit.com/apps/pyload): Lightweight, customizable and remotely manageable downloader for 1-click-hosting sites like rapidshare.com or uploaded.to. (3,878 stars, AGPL-3.0, Python)
- [OliveTin](https://appsgit.com/apps/olivetin): Web interface for running Linux shell commands. (3,821 stars, AGPL-3.0, Go)
- [Dittofeed](https://appsgit.com/apps/dittofeed): Omni-channel customer engagement and messaging automation platform (alternative to Braze, Customer.io, Iterable). (2,979 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Matchering](https://appsgit.com/apps/matchering): Automated music mastering (alternative to LANDR, eMastered and MajorDecibel). (2,652 stars, GPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [Fredy](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (1,561 stars, Apache-2.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [µTask](https://appsgit.com/apps/task): Automation engine that models and executes business processes declared in yaml. (1,404 stars, BSD-3-Clause, Go, Docker)
- [Cronmaster](https://appsgit.com/apps/cronmaster): Cronjob management UI with human readable syntax, live logging and log history for your cronjobs. (1,381 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [ChiefOnboarding](https://appsgit.com/apps/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. (932 stars, AGPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [HandBrake Web](https://appsgit.com/apps/handbrake-web): Use one or more instances of HandBrake video transcoder on a headless device via a web interface. (804 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Discount Bandit](https://appsgit.com/apps/discount-bandit): Track pricing, stock status of products across multiple stores such as Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, etc. (745 stars, GPL-3.0, PHP, Docker)
- [Kibitzr](https://appsgit.com/apps/kibitzr): Lightweight personal web assistant with powerful integrations. (717 stars, MIT, Python)
- [gocron](https://appsgit.com/apps/gocron): Task scheduler that allows users to specify recurring jobs via a simple YAML configuration file. (581 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)
- [flowctl](https://appsgit.com/apps/flowctl): Self-service workflow execution platform with approvals, remote execution and scheduling. (341 stars, Apache-2.0, Go, Docker)
- [HomeButler](https://appsgit.com/apps/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… (297 stars, MIT, Go, Docker)
- [BookBounty](https://appsgit.com/apps/bookbounty): Retrieve missing Readarr books from Library Genesis. (291 stars, MPL-2.0, Python, Docker)
- [Mylar3](https://appsgit.com/apps/mylar3): Automated Comic Book (cbr/cbz) downloader program for use with NZB and torrents. (125 stars, GPL-3.0, Python, Docker)

## Replaces

- [Open-source alternatives to Zapier](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/zapier)
- [Open-source alternatives to IFTTT](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/ifttt)
- [Open-source alternatives to Buffer / Hootsuite](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/hootsuite)

## Comparisons

- [n8n vs Activepieces](https://appsgit.com/compare/n8n-vs-activepieces)
- [n8n vs Node-RED](https://appsgit.com/compare/n8n-vs-node-red)
- [n8n vs Huginn](https://appsgit.com/compare/n8n-vs-huginn)

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