n8n raises $180M to get AI closer to value with orchestration

1. n8n

   1 459 199,865 10.0 TypeScript

   n8n is a workflow automation platform for building AI-powered workflows and agents, connecting any AI model to any business system with full control over data, security, and deployment. Build visually or in code while n8n handles infrastructure from prototype to production with fully auditable executions.

   

   150k stars on github [0]. Currently the 38th most starred repo on all of GitHub [1].

   I asked an LLM if there's ways to detect suspicious starring activity (e.g. if stars were purchased).

   It suggested checking the project's star history [2] (doesn't appear suspicious).

   It also suggested the stars to issues ratio. n8n has 147k:6k (about 25:1) compared to, say, rails with 57k stars and 18k issues (about 3:1).

   I haven't looked deeply into n8n (is it 'no-code' for building agents?). I just see hype and am default skeptical.

   [0] https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n

2. Puter.js

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   Puter.js - The Backend for AI-Generated Apps. One-shot full-stack apps with your existing AI coding tool. Puter.js gives you Auth, Storage, DB, AI & more, with up to 90% fewer AI tokens than other backend platforms.

   

3. Github-Ranking

   2 21 11,848 9.5 Python

   :star:Github Ranking:star: Github stars and forks ranking list. Github Top100 stars list of different languages. Automatically update daily. | Github仓库排名，每日自动更新

   

4. activepieces

   3 43 23,616 10.0 TypeScript

   AI Agents & MCPs & AI Workflow Automation • (~400 MCP servers for AI agents) • AI Automation / AI Agent with MCPs • AI Workflows & AI Agents • MCPs for AI Agents

   

   Well there's always YC's n8n competitor

   https://www.activepieces.com/

   They are open core I think (MIT+enterprise features model)

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