- API: Let global members grant variable scopes to API keys (#40151) (cc25c71)
- editor: Show Gateway credits promotions on community nodes (#40109) (a509d92)
n8n by n8n
Pulse Score
74 / 100
Rank #6 of 157
Downloads, last 7 days
141K
up 30.2% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
409K
down 24.3% vs previous 30 days
GitHub stars
207K
about +92 a day
Latest release
2.41.7
yesterday · 24 in 30 days
Price
Free
checked Oct 6, 2026
Overview
A workflow automation platform with a visual editor, several hundred integrations and native AI agent nodes. It can be self-hosted or used as a cloud service.
n8n was downloaded 141K times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 30.2% on the week before and down 24.3% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 207K stars, 3,852 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 2.41.7, published Oct 5, 2026; there were 24 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 43 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
n8n usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: n8n.csv
Install n8n
| npm | npm install -g n8n |
|---|---|
| Docker | docker pull n8nio/n8n |
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | n8n |
|---|---|
| Type | Workflow automation platform |
| License | Sustainable Use License (source-available) |
| Interfaces | Web app, Self-hosted, REST API |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| Open issues and PRs | 1,134 |
| Docker Hub pulls | 268,085,554 |
Pricing
The community edition is free to self-host under a source-available licence. n8n Cloud and enterprise plans are paid; see the pricing page for current plans.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption93
Community97
Attention46
Momentum26
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
What changed: recent n8n releases
- core: Keep the task runner running on an unhandled promise rejection (#40092) (d719c87)
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- Pin cjs-module-lexer 2.2.0 to address review finding (76e467d)
- API: Return an execution when its stored trace context is incomplete (#39827) (940f65e)
- core: Count a database ping as successful when its reply arrives during event-loop lag (#39757) (fe3c5bc)
- core: Store queue job results only for executions this process enqueued (#39725) (af4fa9b)
- editor: Show remaining credits on Assistant banner for Cloud UBB (#39912) (1d655e3)
- Add an n8n Assistant onboarding thread for new Cloud signups (#39771) (afafb02)
- editor: Route assistant credit CTAs to top-up for UBB accounts (#39854) (dc84b24)
- core: Propagate project span attributes to node spans (#39457) (59fccb6)
n8n alternatives
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| 47 |
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47 | 14.5K | up 32.2% | down 26.6% | — | 156K+32/day | 1.12.47d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 66 |
ActivepiecesActivepieces |
41 | — | — | — | — | 24.9K+22/day | 0.92.16d ago | Free | ||
| 73 |
Coze StudioByteDance |
38 | — | — | — | — | 21.7K+4/day | 0.5.18mo ago | Free (OSS) | — | |
| 109 |
LindyLindy |
24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | $29.99/mo | — | |
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n8n FAQ
How much does n8n cost?
The community edition is free to self-host under a source-available licence. n8n Cloud and enterprise plans are paid; see the pricing page for current plans.
Is n8n open source?
No. n8n is a proprietary product from n8n.
How popular is n8n?
n8n was downloaded 141K times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 30.2% on the week before and down 24.3% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 207K stars, 3,852 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 2.41.7, published Oct 5, 2026; there were 24 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of n8n?
The latest stable release we track is 2.41.7, published on Oct 5, 2026.
What are the alternatives to n8n?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are Dify, Flowise, Langflow, Activepieces.
Where these numbers come from
npm: n8n. GitHub: n8n-io/n8n. Wikipedia: N8n. Site rank: n8n.io on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.