Top 23 Automation Open-Source Projects

1. n8n

   1 455 192,273 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.

   

   Project mention: Auto-Add Captions to Every Video Your Team Uploads (n8n + FFmpeg) | dev.to | 2026-06-12

   You'll need an n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted), an FFmpeg Micro API key from ffmpeg-micro.com, and a cloud storage folder your team already uses for video files.

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3. dify

   2 48 144,696 10.0 TypeScript

   Production-ready platform for agentic workflow development.

   

   Project mention: Build a Private AI App Platform with Dify and Ollama | dev.to | 2026-06-14

   git clone https://github.com/langgenius/dify.git cd dify/docker cp .env.example .env docker compose up -d

4. puppeteer

   3 412 94,531 9.8 TypeScript

   JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox

   

   Project mention: Migrating from Astro 5 to Astro 6: A Real-World Breakdown 📖 | dev.to | 2026-05-03

   After the upgrades, TypeScript started rejecting Buffer as a Response body. This wasn't a runtime issue — Puppeteer still returns a Buffer — but astro check (and therefore npm run build) flags it.

5. Playwright

   4 539 90,746 10.0 TypeScript

   Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

   

   Project mention: What only the pixels knew: giving a canvas agent eyes | dev.to | 2026-06-13

   The agent's screenshot_board tool drives a Playwright browser running as a sibling container, navigates to the tokenized render route, screenshots the stage as a JPEG, and passes the image block straight through to the model. The budget is five shots per session, which turns out to be plenty: the working rhythm that emerged is look, move, look again. Think with the document, judge with the pixels.

6. Home Assistant

   5 1,443 87,648 10.0 Python

   :house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

   

   Project mention: Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-14

   https://www.home-assistant.io/

   the interface can be set up on her phone, a tablet on a wall, and limiting things to giant buttons and displays is very easy for you.

   And, you can monitor and be alerted near real time to issues of course.

7. MoneyPrinterTurbo

   6 2 87,208 9.2 Python

   利用AI大模型，一键生成高清短视频 Generate short videos with one click using AI LLM.

   

   Project mention: MoneyPrinterTurbo: AI 원클릭 숏폼 영상 자동 생성 오픈소스 (53K+ Stars) | dev.to | 2026-03-26

   git clone https://github.com/harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo.git cd MoneyPrinterTurbo docker-compose up # WebUI: localhost:8501, API: localhost:8080

8. Scrapling

   7 10 62,873 9.8 Python

   🕷️ An adaptive Web Scraping framework that handles everything from a single request to a full-scale crawl!

   

   Project mention: Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-08

   What is the advantage of your product over having Codex generate a script using something like https://github.com/D4Vinci/Scrapling?

9. Huginn

   8 125 49,459 8.8 Ruby

   Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

   

   Project mention: The Missing Protocol: Let Me Know | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-12

   I’ve always used huginn[0] for these types of tasks, though the learning curve/implementation is a bit cumbersome for more trivial tasks like the proposed scenario.

   [0] https://github.com/huginn/huginn

10. Airflow

    9 205 45,795 10.0 Python

    Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows

    

    Project mention: From Zero to Job Data Visualization vs Power BI: Which Wins? | dev.to | 2026-05-07

    For senior engineers building custom job data visualization pipelines, the single biggest latency gain comes from pre-aggregating frequently accessed metrics instead of running joins at query time. In our benchmarks, querying raw job_postings tables with 1M rows took 210ms average, while pre-aggregated tables (updated hourly via PostgreSQL materialized views) reduced query time to 12ms. Use tools like Apache Airflow 2.7.3 to schedule materialized view refreshes during off-peak hours. For example, a materialized view for average salary by company can be defined as:

11. bruno

    10 112 44,862 9.9 JavaScript

    Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)

    

    Project mention: Deep Dive: How Bruno 1.0 Stores API Tests Locally vs. Postman 11.0 Cloud Sync | dev.to | 2026-04-28

    After 6 months of benchmarking, case study analysis, and real-world testing, our recommendation is clear: choose Bruno 1.0 if you are an engineering team that values performance, Git integration, and zero vendor lock-in. Our data shows Bruno outperforms Postman 11.0 in every local storage metric: 400ms faster startup for 1000+ test suites, 6x lower storage overhead per test, and zero sync latency. The case study above shows teams can save $2k+ per year in licensing costs and $18k+ per year in engineering time by switching to Bruno. For teams with heavy non-technical collaboration needs, or very small test suites (<100 tests), Postman 11.0’s free tier remains a viable option, but we recommend exporting collections to Bruno for all engineering use cases. The API testing landscape is shifting toward local-first tools to avoid cloud vendor lock-in, and Bruno 1.0 is leading that charge. Try Bruno today: download it from https://github.com/usebruno/bruno, and migrate your Postman collections in minutes using the native import tool.

12. fastlane

    11 79 41,648 9.4 Ruby

    🚀 The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps

    

    Project mention: Self-Updating Screenshots | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-26

    It’s a popular automation target for mobile projects.

    App Stores require screenshots, but generating N images for NUMBER_OF_SCREEN_SIZES times NUMBER_OF_LOCALIZATIONS can be a chore.

    In the past I wrote my own scripts for that, today tools like Fastlane[1] help.

    I use Fastlane for my logic puzzle game Nonoverse[2], I like it a lot; you can see sample screenshots in the App Store page.

    I also automated App Preview video recording, complete with multiple scenes. If anyone wants to read more let me know, perhaps this is a good topic for an article.

    [1]: https://fastlane.tools/

    [2]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nonoverse-nonogram-puzzles/id6...

13. appsmith

    12 262 40,040 9.6 TypeScript

    Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.

    

    Project mention: Which No-Code Database in 2026: Tested & Compared | dev.to | 2026-05-07

    AppSmith

14. agents

    13 4 36,670 9.6 Python

    Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI

    

    Project mention: Repository Transformation: From Chaos to Professional Prompt Engineering Toolkit | dev.to | 2026-03-25

    Prominently featured 74 professional AI agent configurations adapted from wshobson/agents:

15. MoneyPrinterV2

    14 1 30,874 6.4 Python

    Automate the process of making money online.

    

16. sim

    15 11 28,760 10.0 TypeScript

    Build, deploy, and orchestrate AI agents. Sim is the central intelligence layer for your AI workforce.

    

    Project mention: heym alternatives - n8n and sim | libhunt.com/r/heym | 2026-05-15

    Sim ai is an alternative to Heym

17. gpt-researcher

    16 8 27,645 9.4 Python

    An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers

    

    Project mention: 1500 Lines of Markdown vs 15000 Lines of Python. | dev.to | 2025-12-31

    I spent a weekend studying GPT-Researcher, an open-source project with 24,000+ GitHub stars. It builds an autonomous research agent that generates comprehensive reports with citations. The architecture is elegant: multiple specialized agents coordinate through LangGraph, parallel execution speeds up research, and quality gates ensure reliable output.

18. Vagrant

    17 129 27,153 8.2 Ruby

    Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

    

    Project mention: I Ditched Docker for Podman (and You Should Too) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-05

    Yeah, I was actually participating in a soft-fork for a while but I think the project ran out of steam. My guess is that it's very hard to pay attention to something that you don't use every day, so they let it drift. But if you ever hear of someone starting up again, let me know

    I'm aware that I, too, could be the someone but like I said it's hard to dedicate all the time and energy when the last time I used vagrant was years ago

    I also just remembered that I haven't revisited the forks list to see if there's some meaningful activity https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/forks?include=active&pa...

19. kestra

    18 42 27,048 10.0 Java

    Event Driven Orchestration & Scheduling Platform for Mission Critical Applications

    

    Project mention: Top Open-Source Data Engineering Tools- Unravelling the Best in 2026 | dev.to | 2025-12-10

    Kestra

20. cli

    19 16 27,010 8.6 Rust

    Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills. (by googleworkspace)

    

    Project mention: Google Docs + AI Coding Assistants: A Frustrating Gap (and How it has been fixed) | dev.to | 2026-05-11

    Google recently released a Workspace CLI with MCP support — so technically, your AI assistant can read a Google Doc now. But what it gets back is raw API JSON: a 500-line nested tree of StructuralElement objects, ParagraphElement arrays, and TextRun objects with style metadata buried three levels deep.

21. Tasmota

    20 215 24,476 9.8 C

    Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

    

    Project mention: Google Killing Nest Thermostats Next Month | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-05

    One way is to look for devices that have unofficial firmware available, so you can just overwrite the included software for something more under your control. For example, check out Tasmota, "an open source firmware for Espressif ESP8266, ESP32, ESP32-S or ESP32-C3 chipset based devices": https://tasmota.github.io/docs/

22. career-ops

    21 2 24,191 - JavaScript

    AI-powered job search system built on Claude Code. 14 skill modes, Go dashboard, PDF generation, batch processing.

    

    Project mention: Why I forked career-ops and shut down the tool I built | dev.to | 2026-04-23

    Last month I found career-ops by Santiago Ferreira — a Claude Code-native job search system with a Go-based TUI dashboard, portal scanners, batch evaluation, and an interview story bank. It does everything Rendure did, plus most of the job search workflow Rendure never touched. I forked it, plugged my own pipeline pieces into the parts that didn't fit me, and moved on.

23. Agent-Reach

    22 1 24,017 9.5 Python

    Give your AI agent eyes to see the entire internet. Read & search Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili, XiaoHongShu — one CLI, zero API fees.

    

    Project mention: Local LLM Benchmarking & Agent Tools for Self-Hosted AI | dev.to | 2026-06-08

    Source: https://github.com/Panniantong/Agent-Reach

24. crawlee

    23 54 23,755 9.5 TypeScript

    Crawlee—A web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js to build reliable crawlers. In JavaScript and TypeScript. Extract data for AI, LLMs, RAG, or GPTs. Download HTML, PDF, JPG, PNG, and other files from websites. Works with Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio, JSDOM, and raw HTTP. Both headful and headless mode. With proxy rotation.

    

    Project mention: hasdata-cli VS crawlee - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/hasdata-cli | 2026-06-04

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