n8n

Fair-code workflow automation you can self-host

DevOps / CI/CD · Open-Core · 208k

Reviewed 2026-09-03 · last push 2026-10-21 · repo checked 2026-10-21

What's Good

Source is public. Self-host for internal business, non-commercial, or personal use. Visual workflows, hundreds of nodes, and a real queue. Cloud exists if you do not want to run Node. Fair-code is the model they named.

The Catch

Sustainable Use License is not OSI. Use and modification: internal / non-commercial / personal. Distribution only free of charge for non-commercial purposes. Files with .ee. in the name need a separate Enterprise License. It is not open source.

Verdict

The workflow engine with a catch in the LICENSE.md. SUL, not OSI.

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