Self-hosted Automation software
Automation software designed to reduce human intervention in processes.
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32 projects, sorted by GitHub stars (as recorded in the dataset). Star counts and dates come from the dataset snapshot, not live.
| Name | Description | License | Stars | Updated | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n | Free node based Workflow Automation Tool. Easily automate tasks across different services. | Apache-2.0, Commons-Clause (non-free) | 208,160 | 2026-10-20 | Nodejs | Source |
| Huginn | Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf. | MIT | 50,085 | 2026-10-18 | Ruby | Source |
| Apache Airflow | Platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows. | Apache-2.0 | 47,236 | 2026-10-20 | Python, Docker | Source |
| changedetection.io | Stay up-to-date with web-site content changes. | Apache-2.0 | 35,155 | 2026-10-19 | Python, Docker | Source |
| Kestra | Event-driven, language-agnostic platform to create, schedule, and monitor workflows. In code. Coordinate data pipelines and tasks such as ETL and ELT. | Apache-2.0 | 29,909 | 2026-10-20 | Docker | Source |
| Activepieces | No-code business automation tool like Zapier or Tray. For example, you can send a Slack notification for each new Trello card. | MIT | 25,140 | 2026-10-20 | Docker | Source |
| Leon | Personal assistant who can live on your server. | MIT | 17,595 | 2026-10-19 | Nodejs | Source |
| Automatisch | Business automation tool that lets you connect different services like Twitter, Slack, and more to automate your business processes (alternative to Zapier). | AGPL-3.0 | 14,000 | 2026-01-15 | Docker | Source |
| Gotenberg | Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more. | MIT | 13,366 | 2026-10-15 | Docker | Source |
| Healthchecks | Listen for pings and sends alerts when pings are late. | BSD-3-Clause | 10,433 | 2026-10-20 | Python, Docker | Source |
| StackStorm | StackStorm (aka _IFTTT for Ops_) is event-driven automation for auto-remediation, security responses, troubleshooting, deployments, and more. Includes rules engine, workflow, 160 integration packs with 6000+ actions and ChatOps. | Apache-2.0 | 6,551 | 2026-10-13 | Python | Source |
| Cronicle | Simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI. | MIT | 5,862 | 2026-10-16 | Nodejs | Source |
| Dagu | Powerful Cron alternative with a Web UI. It allows you to define dependencies between commands as a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) in a declarative YAML format. | GPL-3.0 | 4,400 | 2026-10-20 | Go, Docker | Source |
| pyLoad | Lightweight, customizable and remotely manageable downloader for 1-click-hosting sites like rapidshare.com or uploaded.to. | AGPL-3.0 | 3,889 | 2026-10-18 | Python | Source |
| OliveTin | Web interface for running Linux shell commands. | AGPL-3.0 | 3,835 | 2026-09-10 | Go | Source |
| Dittofeed | Omni-channel customer engagement and messaging automation platform (alternative to Braze, Customer.io, Iterable). | MIT | 3,015 | 2026-10-12 | Docker | Source |
| Matchering | Automated music mastering (alternative to LANDR, eMastered and MajorDecibel). | GPL-3.0 | 2,667 | 2026-10-07 | Docker | Source |
| Fredy | Searches for new apartments, houses, and flats in Germany on platforms like ImmoScout24, Immowelt, and others, and instantly delivers the results to you via Slack, Telegram, and more. | Apache-2.0 | 1,585 | 2026-10-19 | Nodejs, Docker | Source |
| µTask | Automation engine that models and executes business processes declared in yaml. | BSD-3-Clause | 1,410 | 2026-07-29 | Go, Docker | Source |
| Cronmaster | Cronjob management UI with human readable syntax, live logging and log history for your cronjobs. | AGPL-3.0 | 1,393 | 2026-10-04 | Docker | Source |
| ChiefOnboarding | Employee onboarding platform that allows you to provision user accounts and create sequences with todo items, resources, text/email/Slack messages, and more! Available as a web portal and Slack bot. | AGPL-3.0 | 930 | 2026-09-28 | Docker | Source |
| HandBrake Web | Use one or more instances of HandBrake video transcoder on a headless device via a web interface. | AGPL-3.0 | 806 | 2025-12-23 | Docker | Source |
| Discount Bandit | Track pricing, stock status of products across multiple stores such as Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, etc. | GPL-3.0 | 753 | 2026-06-01 | PHP, Docker | Source |
| Kibitzr | Lightweight personal web assistant with powerful integrations. | MIT | 718 | 2026-04-08 | Python | Source |
| gocron | Task scheduler that allows users to specify recurring jobs via a simple YAML configuration file. | MIT | 614 | 2026-10-17 | Docker | Source |
| LazyLibrarian | Follow authors and grab metadata for all your digital reading needs. It uses a combination of Goodreads, Librarything and optionally GoogleBooks as sources for author info and book info. | GPL-3.0 | 398 | 2026-10-20 | Python | Source |
| flowctl | Self-service workflow execution platform with approvals, remote execution and scheduling. | Apache-2.0 | 341 | 2026-10-19 | Go, Docker | Source |
| HomeButler | Installs and manages a curated catalog of applications via Docker Compose, maps containers and exposed ports, verifies backups restore, and reports what changed since the last run with CLI, JSON, web and MCP interfaces. | MIT | 304 | 2026-10-17 | Docker, Go | Source |
| BookBounty | Retrieve missing Readarr books from Library Genesis. | MPL-2.0 | 292 | 2026-08-21 | Docker | Source |
| Mylar3 | Automated Comic Book (cbr/cbz) downloader program for use with NZB and torrents. | GPL-3.0 | 126 | 2026-08-07 | Python, Docker | Source |
| Ctfreak | IT task scheduler with mobile-friendly web UI to schedule concurrent, remote and chained execution of Bash / Powershell / SQL scripts, Webhooks, and more. | ⊘ Proprietary (non-free) | — | — | Unknown | Source |
| CxReports | Reporting and PDF document generation with a user-friendly WYSIWYG template editor, API, automated email delivery, and robust security features. | ⊘ Proprietary (non-free) | — | — | Docker | Source |