# Open-source alternatives for Workflow automation

> Connect apps and automate tasks on your own server, without paying per task or per run.

## Paid products
- [Open-source alternatives to Make](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/make.md): Paid hosted visual automation platform for multi-step app workflows, schedules, webhooks and AI agents. Pricing: See pricing page.
- [Open-source alternatives to Zapier](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/zapier.md): Paid hosted automation platform that connects web apps with multi-step workflows, schedules, webhooks and AI agents. Pricing: Free (100 tasks per month, two-step Zaps); Professional from $19.99/month; Team from $69/month.

## Top ranked projects
1. [n8n](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/n8n.md): Fair-code workflow automation and AI agent platform with a visual canvas, custom code and 1500+ integrations; self-hostable. Commercial use: Partial.
2. [Huginn](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/huginn.md): Self-hosted Ruby on Rails system of agents that watch the web, feeds, mailboxes and webhooks and act on events, like IFTTT or Zapier. Commercial use: Confirmed.
3. [Windmill](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/windmill.md): Self-hostable developer platform that turns Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash and SQL scripts into workflows, scheduled jobs, webhooks and UIs. Commercial use: Partial.
4. [Activepieces](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/activepieces.md): Self-hostable no-code automation builder with 280+ TypeScript integrations ("pieces") that are also exposed as MCP servers. Commercial use: Confirmed.
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