Open Source Automation Apps

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

58 apps available

Apps in Automation

JavaScript
99%
MIT

AnythingLLM

AI Assistants · Automation · Developer Tools

67,496

The all-in-one AI platform for private document chat, no-code agents, and local LLMs with zero setup friction.

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Repo Health
78
Technical
65
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JavaScript 99%
Updated today
Rust
46%
MIT

Svix

Automation · Developer Tools

3,463

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
Repo Health
77
Technical
67
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Rust 46%
C# 16%
Updated yesterday
Rust
33%
Other

Windmill

Automation · Developer Tools

18,257

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

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91
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82
Technical
64
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Rust 33%
TypeScript 24%
Svelte 22%
Updated today
TypeScript
99%
Apache 2.0

Trigger.dev

AI Development · Automation · Developer Tools

16,606

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
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TypeScript 99%
Updated today
Python
79%
AGPL 3.0

Skyvern

AI Agents · Automation

23,257

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 today
Python
68%
AGPL 3.0

Tracecat

AI Agents · Automation · Security

3,860

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

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89
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88
Technical
66
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Python 68%
TypeScript 30%
Updated today
TypeScript
89%
Other

browserless

Automation · Developer Tools

13,844

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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88
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82
Technical
73
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TypeScript 89%
Updated yesterday
Go
87%
MIT

Hatchet

AI Development · Automation · Developer Tools

8,174

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
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83
Technical
67
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Go 87%
Updated yesterday
Python
64%
Other

Keep

Automation · Devops · Monitoring

12,433

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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88
Repo Health
79
Technical
66
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Python 64%
TypeScript 36%
Updated 2 days ago
TypeScript
96%
Other

Dyad

AI Assistants · AI Code Assistants · AI Development

22,046

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

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87
Repo Health
83
Technical
69
Dependency
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TypeScript 96%
Updated 2 days ago
TypeScript
85%
MIT

openwork

AI Assistants · Automation

24,237

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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87
Repo Health
89
Technical
67
Dependency
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TypeScript 85%
Updated today
Go
68%
MIT

Probo

Automation · Security

1,476

Open-source GRC platform for engineering and security teams.

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87
Repo Health
90
Technical
69
Dependency
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Go 68%
TypeScript 30%
Updated yesterday
Java
70%
Other

ByteChef

AI Agents · Automation

1,045

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

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86
Repo Health
82
Technical
66
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Java 70%
TypeScript 29%
Updated yesterday
TypeScript
93%
MIT

paperclip

AI Agents · Automation

106,667

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
68
Dependency
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TypeScript 93%
Updated today
Go
81%
AGPL 3.0

Beta9

AI Development · Automation · Data Engineering

1,830

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
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Go 81%
Python 18%
Updated yesterday

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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