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Open Source Automation Apps

Discover open source automation solutions to streamline workflows, reduce manual tasks & improve efficiency. Find tools for CI/CD, and more.

57 apps available

Apps in Automation

Rust
47%
MIT

Svix

Automation · Developer Tools

3,404

Open source, self-hostable webhook infrastructure that handles delivery, retries, HMAC signing, and multi-tenant event management so you never have to build a webhooks system from scratch.

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91
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77
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67
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Rust 47%
C# 15%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Rust
31%
Other

Windmill

Automation · Developer Tools

17,927

Turn scripts into webhooks, workflows, and auto-generated UIs — the fastest self-hostable workflow engine, 13x faster than Airflow.

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91
Repo Health
82
Technical
65
Dependency
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Rust 31%
TypeScript 23%
Svelte 22%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Python
64%
Other

Keep

Automation · Devops · Monitoring

12,313

The open-source AIOps and alert management platform that unifies 130+ monitoring tools into a single pane of glass with AI-powered correlation, deduplication, and workflow automation.

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90
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79
Technical
66
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Python 64%
TypeScript 36%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
99%
Apache 2.0

Trigger.dev

AI Development · Automation · Developer Tools

16,283

Build and deploy fully-managed AI agents and background jobs in TypeScript — with no timeouts, durable retries, real-time observability, and elastic scaling built in.

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90
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9
Technical
63
Dependency
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TypeScript 99%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Python
79%
AGPL 3.0

Skyvern

AI Agents · Automation

23,003

Skyvern (YC S2023) automates browser-based workflows by pairing LLMs with computer vision, letting agents click, fill, and extract data on sites they've never seen, without brittle XPath selectors that break on every layout change.

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89
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82
Technical
70
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Python 79%
TypeScript 19%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Python
70%
AGPL 3.0

Tracecat

AI Agents · Automation · Security

3,802

Open-source agentic security automation platform that runs AI agents and durable workflows at scale with sandboxed execution.

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89
Repo Health
88
Technical
66
Dependency
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Python 70%
TypeScript 28%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
96%
Other

Dyad

AI Assistants · AI Code Assistants · AI Development

21,538

Build AI-powered apps locally with your own keys, your own models, and zero cloud lock-in.

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88
Repo Health
83
Technical
69
Dependency
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TypeScript 96%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Go
84%
MIT

Hatchet

AI Development · Automation · Developer Tools

7,938

A Postgres-backed orchestration engine for background tasks, AI agents, and durable workflows that replaces Redis queues and multi-datastore durable execution platforms with a single self-hostable service.

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88
Repo Health
83
Technical
67
Dependency
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Go 84%
PLpgSQL 11%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
62%
Other

Flowise

AI Development · Automation · Developer Tools

55,459

Drag-and-drop visual builder for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and multi-agent systems—deploy anywhere in minutes.

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86
Repo Health
77
Technical
63
Dependency
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TypeScript 62%
JavaScript 27%
Updated 1 months ago
TypeScript
89%
MIT

openwork

AI Assistants · Automation

23,542

OpenWork is a free, open-source desktop app for running AI agent workflows on your own files with 50+ LLMs, extensible skills, and MCP server support — the open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex.

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86
Repo Health
89
Technical
68
Dependency
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TypeScript 89%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
93%
MIT

paperclip

AI Agents · Automation

80,706

The open-source control plane that turns a pile of AI agents into an actual company — with org charts, budgets, heartbeats, and governance.

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86
Repo Health
78
Technical
72
Dependency
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TypeScript 93%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Go
83%
AGPL 3.0

Beta9

AI Development · Automation · Data Engineering

1,777

Run AI workloads at scale with a Pythonic serverless runtime that handles GPU inference, background jobs, and sandboxes with zero infrastructure overhead.

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85
Repo Health
78
Technical
66
Dependency
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Go 83%
Python 16%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
91%
Other

browserless

Automation · Developer Tools

13,696

Run headless Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit as a managed Docker service — drop-in Puppeteer and Playwright support with no infrastructure overhead.

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85
Repo Health
82
Technical
73
Dependency
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TypeScript 91%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Java
72%
Other

ByteChef

AI Agents · Automation

1,002

Unified open-source platform for AI agent orchestration and workflow automation with 180+ connectors, MCP support, and durable execution.

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85
Repo Health
82
Technical
67
Dependency
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Java 72%
TypeScript 27%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Makefile
84%
MIT

MindsHub Cowork

AI Agents · Automation

39,733

The open-source, self-hostable workspace that delegates entire tasks to swappable AI agents and hands back finished, shareable artifacts instead of another chat reply.

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85
Repo Health
73
Technical
0
Dependency
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Makefile 84%
Dockerfile 16%
Updated 1 weeks ago

About Automation

Automation software is designed to reduce manual effort by executing tasks and processes automatically. These solutions are valuable for a wide range of applications, from simple scheduled jobs to complex business logic orchestration.

Typical features include workflow builders with drag-and-drop interfaces, robust scheduling capabilities (cron jobs, time-based triggers), event-driven automation based on system changes or external inputs, and integration with various services through APIs. More advanced systems offer features like parallel processing, error handling, and detailed logging for monitoring and debugging. They frequently support conditional logic (if/then statements) to create dynamic workflows.

The value proposition of automation is significant. By automating repetitive processes, teams can reduce errors, free up valuable time for more strategic initiatives, and improve overall efficiency. Use cases include automating deployments (CI/CD pipelines), provisioning infrastructure, managing cloud resources, responding to alerts and incidents, processing data streams, generating reports, and handling customer requests. Automation tools can also be used to orchestrate complex multi-step processes, ensuring consistency and reliability.

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