I see n8n everywhere and while I love automation I can’t think of a use case, that couldn’t be realized in Bash instead.
So I’m wondering, if you use n8n what are you using it for?
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Only semi-related:
How do people pronounce this?
In Ate In?
Nate In?
Innate In?
Nathan?Aw man! That’s by far the least interesting.
I was hoping for “Nate n”, “nation”, or multiply them together to get “9 n”
I’m not using n8n, but I am using Node-RED and would like to hear from people who have used both.
I’m running n8n now, and used Node-RED several years ago.
I’m ultimately coming to the conclusion that I prefer Node-RED. They’re pretty similar in capability, at least for my purposes, and the modern UX of n8n doesn’t make up for its weird license, in-app upsells (e.g. “this feature is only available on the Enterprise plan”), and increasingly AI-centric functionality.
My thoughts exactly. Node-RED is long overdue for a UI/UX overhaul, but it’s been around forever and is very well established with a lot of plugins.
I started using it for IoT ingestion, but now I use it for all sorts of things (mostly related to home automation).
That said, im also running n8n now due to the hype, and it is nice… but I dont see any differences that would make me move to it for most of what im automating.
What is n8n?
Also would like to know. Bad title.
Edit: it’s more AI agent shit. Disregard everything. I don’t want to know more.
Edit 2 for some of you:
n8n gives you more freedom to implement multi-step AI agents and integrate apps than any other tool.
Right on the frontpage.
Edit: it’s more AI agent shit. Disregard everything. I don’t want to know more.
n8n can be run with the assistance of AI, and n8n can also be run without AI.
Anything that puts on the front page of its project site the use case for itself to relate to AI agents instantly makes me suspicious and not interested. I can’t help it.
No it’s not?
n8n gives you more freedom to implement multi-step AI agents and integrate apps than any other tool.
🤷♂️ Guess their frontpage is full of shit then.
could be one of those cases where the product predates ai but some c-level asked an engineer “could we use this for ai” and the engineer said “i mean, technically yes” and then marketing changed every single mention of the product
Possibly 🤷♂️ As soon as I see AI agent, I stop reading.
yeah this project has been on github for six years and seems to have been closed source before that. it’s a graphical automation tool.
like, everything can be used with ai. github itself has “ai agent” plastered everywhere. it’s just a buzzword. doesn’t mean it’s built specifically for ai.
But it does make it its elevator pitch, so call me not interested. And that’s fine.
