n8n
Workflow automation platform with native AI agent building. Visual editor plus JavaScript/Python code nodes, 500+ integrations, self-hostable under a fair-code license.
n8n is the workflow automation platform developers reach for when Zapier-style tools feel too constrained. You build workflows visually but can drop into JavaScript or Python in any node, and the AI capabilities are first-class: agent nodes, multi-agent setups, RAG pipelines, human-in-the-loop approvals, and native AI evaluation for testing workflows before they ship. It connects to 500+ integrations with custom API support beyond that, and ships 9,500+ workflow templates to start from. The fair-code license means you can self-host the full platform with Docker, or use n8n Cloud. With 190,000+ GitHub stars it is one of the largest automation communities anywhere, and it has quietly become the default glue layer for wiring AI agents into real business processes.
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