I have seen lately that the 'source available' N8N (which is excellent), has starting increasing pricing and restricting what you can get for your pricing.

In time, I can only assume this will get worse. Now, they deserve to get paid, and that's fine, but I had gone in thinking this was open source, but I see now it's not that at all.

This has led me to wonder if there's a true open source / self hosted alternative to N8N out there? Doing a bit of a hunt shows 'source available' alternatives, with a price point, and restrictions. I'm wondering if any team has tackled this in a truly open manner and if there's something out there?

Thanks so much

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[–] moritz@l.deltaa.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Depending on what you're trying to do, Node-RED might be an option.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

That seems to be the consensus, I will definitely try it out. Thank you

[–] UnusMundus@feddit.nu 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

First thing I could think of is Automatisch. I use it for automations for one of my servers.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for that link. I guess my concern here is in the same way that N8N charges and changes what it charges for, this tool might end up in a cycle where it clamps down on what you can and can't do and I end up heavily restricted. This is what is happening with N8N, so I am a little bit concerned about tools like this.

[–] UnusMundus@feddit.nu 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah that is a valid concern. I don't use it for critical stuff so I don't have to be as concerned but that is definitely something to be aware of!

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not sure I understand. N8N can be self-hosted with the full featureset, can't it?

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That makes it source-available (like Microsoft Windows which is available under Shared Source) not open source.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

TIL we're both wrong: it's FairCode

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For now, but the writing on the wall in the forums is that the self hosted version will also have a reduction of capabilities in time. The owner has posted in a forum thread that he doesn't feel that just because you self host that you should also get it completely unrestricted. And that is fine, it is their own commercial system, but I am looking for something that does not impose restrictions. I am happy to pay, but the rates they are wanting are above my capabilities for what I am using it for.