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n8n, Extendable Workflow Automation

n8n is an open-source automation tool competing with Zapier and other tools.

Przemek Chojecki
2 min readSep 5, 2020

Automation is one of my passions. I automate to save time and optimise how I spend my time. And I guess this sentiment is prevalent among both developers and entrepreneurs. If you can save time, you can do more and get deeper into interesting things.

Let me introduce you to n8n.io, the newest automation tool which is open source and extendable.

A workflow in n8n, an automation tool

What is workflow automation?

Workflow automation integrates process automation tools to replace manual and paper-based processes through connection of APIs, scripts and infrastructure.

n8n, a Berlin-based company that has built a “fair code” workflow automation platform to let developers quickly integrate any of the apps that they use to work together automatically.

Jan Oberhauser, n8n’s founder and CEO, has raised $1.5M from Sequoia and firstminute capital.

What you can do with n8n.io?

The main thing you can do with n8n is to connect various API and sync data to design powerful workflows.

Sync data between 90+ apps

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Przemek Chojecki
Przemek Chojecki

Written by Przemek Chojecki

AI & crypto, PhD in mathematics, Forbes 30 under 30, former Oxford fellow.

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