n8n
“n8n is a workflow automation platform that uniquely combines AI capabilities with business process automation, giving technical teams the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.”
by n8n
Our review
n8n is a workflow automation platform with a visual editor, code steps and AI agent nodes. You can self-host it for free under its fair-code license or use n8n Cloud.
Pros
- Self-hosting keeps data in-house
- Great for AI agents
Cons
- Self-hosting requires maintenance
Being used for
- Automating workflows between apps195 posts · X · Reddit · HN
- Building AI agents52 posts · X · Reddit · HN
- Sending and sorting emails27 posts · X · Reddit · HN
Based on 213 public posts on X, Reddit, and Hacker News that describe using it · checked Oct 23, 2026
Also does
CodeGood fit
JavaScript and Python code nodes for custom logic.
Limitations
- Code: An automation platform, not a code editor or assistant.
Use cases · Hear from users
Real posts from people using n8n on X, sorted by engagement (English first).
ranking every cold email tool ive used, in tiers: s tier •instantly. sending and warmup in one tab •claude code. builds the scrapers, runs the infra •cheapinboxes. $2.50 an inbox, replies in minutes •https://t.co/5jnEBIq5yA 300k maps leads for $99, built it myself •million veri…
24 likes · 2 reposts · 4 repliesView on X ↗I’ve been using AI for a while now. But, I made a shift in how I work with AI a while back, I moved much of my workflow to Claude. Not because ChatGPT, Cursor, Figma or n8n suddenly became bad tools. It’s because AI is evolving from individual tools → intelligent workflows.…
7 likes · 4 reposts · 4 repliesView on X ↗I was not asleep throughout tho. I built a workflow that rounds customer creation dates, filters them by year, and then applies different date calculations depending on the result. I used Luxon, a JavaScript library used for working with dates on n8n. #buildinpublic https://t.co…
10 likes · 3 reposts · 3 repliesView on X ↗1 year ago when I built a deep research tool inside n8n😂😂😂 I swear I don’t think I remember how to build this again if I tried but definitely use a different approach 😂 I made this video and never posted because I didn’t know if people would like my content or even use n8n at…
18 likes · 0 reposts · 2 repliesView on X ↗Yeah...I know Chrome is not open source, but NEVER AGAIN WILL I USE FIREFOX since 12pm I was struggling with an n8n Google cloud integration.... didn't know that FIREFOX was just TERRIBLE Switched to CHROME recently and EVERYTHING JUST WORKS 🤦😭😤 https://t.co/qu2UlQwbVA
15 likes · 0 reposts · 2 repliesView on X ↗I built a lead generation workflow with n8n, by scraping businesses on google maps, using apify. Apify gets the businesses and their domains, and I use Anymailfinder to get the emails of the ceos from the website. After that, I create a personalized email based on the website co…
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A repair request form is easy to build. Handling what happens after submission is where things get interesting. For this week's Stacked challenge, I built an n8n workflow that classifies repair requests using AI, detects duplicates, groups related reports, updates urgency when…
4 likes · 0 reposts · 4 repliesView on X ↗Keeping up with tech is getting ridiculous. I've been using this small n8n workflow for a while to track relevant things happening across tech, AI, dev tools, and the indie hacker space. Filtering is the important part. There's so much happening, but most of it is just noise.…
6 likes · 0 reposts · 3 repliesView on X ↗i tried out n8n today. gave up. it is so fkn hard to make it work for anything even remotely complex. switched to python code and finished in less than 20 mins. crazy.
4 likes · 0 reposts · 3 repliesView on X ↗I built an agent workflow in 15 minutes. No code. Here's the exact walkthrough. Every Monday I used to spend 90 minutes scanning AI & Tech news and writing it up. Not hard. Just repetitive. So I built a three-agent workflow in n8n that drops a one-page brief in my inbox before…
4 likes · 0 reposts · 2 repliesView on X ↗How many hours does your team spend replying to emails every week? I built an n8n workflow that speeds up replies without giving AI full control. Here's how it works: A customer sends an email. AI drafts the reply. You review it, approve it, or ask the AI to make changes. h…
3 likes · 0 reposts · 2 repliesView on X ↗Never trust AI to read a financial document without checking the math! 🌚 I built an n8n workflow that reads a bank statement (image, PDF or CSV), pulls out every transaction and sorts each credit by source. I made it for tax consultants. https://t.co/IcyNqoT17i
1 likes · 0 reposts · 2 repliesView on X ↗n8n is absolutely awesome. I've been using this exact workflow to give me my daily resource updates. Best part is it doesn't cost be a cent. Of course, I pay for the VPS and some credits, but other than that everything is a sunk cost. https://t.co/8DGc673WjL
3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 repliesView on X ↗🚀 Another Workflow I Built with n8n! Today, I built an automated reporting workflow using n8n! I used the Schedule Trigger to automate the process of sending a report to my client every evening at exactly 7:00 PM. First, I connected Google Sheets to retrieve the data. https:/…
2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 repliesView on X ↗I used to get a client review and think "i should turn this into a post." then i'd forget. or it'd sit in a screenshots folder for 3 weeks. So I built a system. Client fills out a typeform → n8n catches it → 3 social proof tweets written instantly. Runs in the background.…
1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 repliesView on X ↗Herramientas que sume a mi stack para hacer side projects últimos dos meses: Railway levantar rapido y facil dbs, servers, n8n y demas n8n (hosteado en railway) Forma barata y facil de automatizar flujos y armar agents. Fastapi (hosteado en railway) Lo empece a usar para cor…
431 likes · 20 reposts · 24 repliesView on X ↗Fechei um projeto de criar uns fluxos no n8n para servir como endpoints de API para um sistema. Criei 13 fluxos, todos testados e funcionais usando o mcp do n8n + claude code em apenas 1 hora. Coisa que levaria 1 semana pelo menos, dado a lógica e complexidade do projeto. Eu…
73 likes · 2 reposts · 9 repliesView on X ↗¡Mi primera vez usando n8n! Me dio por probarlo a ver qué tal Y bueno, hice esto un flujo automatizado que busca noticias diarias y luego las manda a Gemini para analizar, resumir y ponerlo en JSON y luego lo pone en Supabase y me lo manda en un webhook a Discord. ¡Me gustó! ht…
3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 repliesView on X ↗dia 20 del #buildinpublic creando y “vendiendo” flujos de n8n, hoy la verdad NO HICE NADA, me quiero matar porque tuve tramites, médico y después entrenar, voy a preguntarle a los dos chicos que estaban usando el flujo si tiene algo para mejorar y si llega la respuesta la comento
2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 repliesView on X ↗#n8n #ChatGPT #growthstrategy Después de haber trabajo +10 horas, procedo a irme a dormir feliz de haber terminado este flujo/workflow de automatización de cumplimiento de OKR compañía. Que incluye el flujo, Sheet donde se recolecta la data automáticamente + Json código duro +…
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