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Windmill vs Make

Side by side, as alternatives to Make. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces Make: + n8n+ Activepieces

Windmillwindmill-labs/windmill
Makepaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
See pricing page source ↗
App-to-app workflows
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Scheduled automations
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
AI agent workflows
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Webhooks
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
3 of 4 jobs
All 4
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
18,232
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Gain this week
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
651
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Latest release
v1.842.0 · 2026-10-20
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Commits / 12 wk
1,979
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People committing / 12 mo
66+
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
45 / 26
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?
Confirmed: Self-hosted with Docker Compose or Kubernetes; Windmill cloud also offered
Hosted by the vendor
Code licence
Partial: AGPLv3 (clients and OpenFlow spec Apache-2.0); enterprise code proprietary
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No model weights
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Commercial use
Partial: Free for internal use; reselling, managed service or embedding in a product needs AGPL compliance or a commercial licence
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Paid services needed?
Partial: None required; Enterprise Edition and Windmill cloud are optional
Subscription
Hardware
Confirmed: Rule of thumb 1 vCPU and 1-2 GB RAM per worker, plus Postgres
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Operating systems
Confirmed: Docker on macOS, Windows and Linux; native Windows workers supported
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Setup effort
Confirmed: Medium, Docker Compose (three files) with Postgres
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Stars over time

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  • Windmill
18,23216,847 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-15Windmill, 2025-10-27: 16,973 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-11-03: 16,999 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-11-10: 17,014 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-11-17: 17,039 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-11-24: 17,062 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-12-01: 17,086 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-12-08: 17,117 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-12-15: 17,140 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-12-22: 17,161 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2025-12-29: 17,184 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-01-05: 17,208 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-01-12: 17,229 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-01-19: 17,268 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-01-26: 17,290 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-02-02: 17,308 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-02-09: 17,336 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-02-16: 17,369 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-02-23: 17,386 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-03-02: 17,401 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-03-09: 17,411 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-03-16: 17,426 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-03-23: 17,440 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-03-30: 17,443 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-04-06: 17,461 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-04-13: 17,475 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-04-20: 17,487 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-04-27: 17,498 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-05-04: 17,508 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-05-11: 17,511 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-05-18: 17,523 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-05-25: 17,524 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-06-01: 17,529 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-06-08: 17,533 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-06-15: 17,534 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-06-22: 17,537 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-06-29: 17,538 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-08-03: 17,539 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-08-17: 17,541 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-08-31: 17,600 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-09-07: 17,763 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-09-14: 17,859 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-09-21: 17,929 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-09-28: 18,021 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-10-05: 18,114 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-10-12: 18,204 stars, estimated from public star recordsWindmill, 2026-10-15: 18,192 stars, trackedWindmill, 2026-10-16: 18,200 stars, trackedWindmill, 2026-10-17: 18,207 stars, trackedWindmill, 2026-10-18: 18,217 stars, trackedWindmill, 2026-10-19: 18,219 stars, trackedWindmill, 2026-10-20: 18,229 stars, trackedWindmill, 2026-10-21: 18,232 stars, tracked
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