n8n
Automation & WorkflowsWorkflow automation with a node-based editor
Replaces Zapier, Make
Best Docker Automation & Workflows for self-hosting
The 57 best Docker automation & workflows you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Firecrawl
Automation & WorkflowsTurn websites into clean data for AI applications
Replaces Apify
Crawl4AI
Automation & WorkflowsOpen-source web crawler built for LLM data pipelines
Replaces Firecrawl
Huginn
Automation & WorkflowsAgents that monitor and act on your behalf
Replaces IFTTT, Zapier
Apache Airflow
Automation & WorkflowsProgrammatically author, schedule and monitor workflows
Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory
ToolJet
Automation & WorkflowsLow-code platform for building and automating business tools
Replaces Retool, Microsoft Power Apps
Appsmith
Automation & WorkflowsOpen-source low-code platform for building internal apps
Replaces Retool, Microsoft Power Apps
Novu
Automation & WorkflowsOpen-source notification infrastructure for developers
Replaces Courier, Knock
changedetection.io
Automation & WorkflowsWebsite change detection and notification
Replaces IFTTT
Conductor OSS
Automation & WorkflowsMicroservices and workflow orchestration engine
Replaces AWS Step Functions, Camunda
Kestra
Automation & WorkflowsDeclarative orchestration and scheduling platform
Replaces Zapier, Make
Budibase
Automation & WorkflowsLow-code platform to build internal tools and automations
Replaces Microsoft Power Apps, Retool
Activepieces
Automation & WorkflowsOpen-source no-code business automation
Replaces Zapier, Make
Prefect
Automation & WorkflowsModern workflow orchestration for data and Python pipelines
Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory
Node-RED
Automation & WorkflowsFlow-based programming for event-driven apps
Replaces Zapier
Temporal
Automation & WorkflowsDurable execution platform for reliable distributed workflows
Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Logic Apps
Skyvern
Automation & WorkflowsAutomate browser workflows with LLMs and computer vision
Replaces UiPath, Zapier
Windmill
Automation & WorkflowsDeveloper platform for scripts, flows and apps
Replaces Zapier, Retool
Maxun
Automation & WorkflowsNo-code web data extraction and scraping platform
Replaces Octoparse, Import.io
Apprise
Automation & WorkflowsSend notifications to dozens of services from one library
Replaces Pushover
Trigger.dev
Automation & WorkflowsOpen-source background jobs and workflows for code
Replaces Zapier
Dagster
Automation & WorkflowsData orchestrator for the full development lifecycle
Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory
Apache DolphinScheduler
Automation & WorkflowsDistributed visual workflow scheduling platform
Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory
Automatisch
Automation & WorkflowsOpen-source business automation you can self-host
Replaces Zapier
Browserless
Automation & WorkflowsHeadless browser automation as a self-hosted service
Replaces Browserbase
Webhook
Automation & WorkflowsRun scripts and commands from configurable HTTP endpoints
Replaces Zapier Webhooks
Flowable
Automation & WorkflowsLightweight business process engine with BPMN and DMN
Replaces Microsoft Power Automate, Camunda
Mage
Automation & WorkflowsOpen-source data pipeline tool for transforming and integrating data
Replaces Azure Data Factory, Apache Airflow
Hatchet
Automation & WorkflowsDistributed background task queue with a modern UI
Replaces Celery, Temporal
StackStorm
Automation & WorkflowsEvent-driven automation, often called IFTTT for ops
Replaces Zapier, AWS Systems Manager
Beehive
Automation & WorkflowsEvent and agent system for connecting things
Replaces IFTTT
UpSnap
Automation & WorkflowsWake-on-LAN dashboard to power devices on and off
Replaces Commercial WOL apps
Gocron
Automation & WorkflowsSelf-hosted task scheduler with a web management UI
Replaces cron, Rundeck
Apache NiFi
Automation & WorkflowsVisual dataflow automation and routing system
Replaces Azure Data Factory, Zapier
Inngest
Automation & WorkflowsEvent-driven workflow and background job platform
Replaces Zapier, AWS Step Functions
Cronicle
Automation & WorkflowsDistributed task scheduler with a web UI
Replaces Zapier
Mercure
Automation & WorkflowsReal-time updates protocol and server-sent events hub
Replaces Pusher
MQTTX Web
Automation & WorkflowsYour All-in-One MQTT Client Toolbox
Diun
Automation & WorkflowsNotifier that alerts when Docker images receive updates
Replaces Watchtower
Restate
Automation & WorkflowsDurable execution engine for resilient applications
Replaces Temporal
What's Up Docker
Automation & WorkflowsGet notified when container images have updates
Replaces Watchtower
Ofelia
Automation & WorkflowsA docker-friendly job scheduler written in Go
Replaces cron
pyLoad
Automation & WorkflowsLightweight, extensible download manager with a web UI
Replaces JDownloader
OliveTin
Automation & WorkflowsWeb buttons that safely run predefined shell commands
Replaces Rundeck
Crontab UI
Automation & WorkflowsWeb interface for editing and managing crontab jobs
Replaces cron
autobrr
Automation & WorkflowsAutomation tool for filtering and processing release feeds
Replaces Zapier
HA-Fusion
Automation & WorkflowsA modern, easy-to-use and performant custom Home Assistant dashboard
Supercronic
Automation & WorkflowsCrontab-compatible job runner built for containers
Replaces cron
Yaade
Automation & WorkflowsSelf-hosted collaborative API development environment
Replaces Postman
Cup
Automation & WorkflowsFast checker for available Docker image updates
Replaces Watchtower
Apprise API
Automation & WorkflowsUnified notification gateway for many services
Replaces IFTTT
Strix
Automation & WorkflowsIP camera stream discovery tool for Frigate
Yacron
Automation & WorkflowsModern YAML-configured cron replacement with alerting
Replaces cron
FlowFuse
Automation & WorkflowsPlatform for managing Node-RED instances and teams
Leek
Automation & WorkflowsMonitoring and issue detection for Celery task queues
Replaces Flower
go-crond
Automation & WorkflowsLightweight cron daemon for containers and minimal systems
Replaces cron
Chadburn
Automation & WorkflowsJob scheduler for Docker environments using container labels
Replaces cron
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Sustainable Use License | 207,291 |
| Firecrawl | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 191,277 |
| Crawl4AI | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 85,479 |
| Huginn | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 50,052 |
| Apache Airflow | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 4,096 MB | Apache-2.0 | 47,169 |
| ToolJet | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 41,090 |
| Appsmith | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 41,060 |
| Novu | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 40,143 |
| changedetection.io | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 256 MB | Apache-2.0 | 34,979 |
| Conductor OSS | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 32,296 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: n8n (207,291 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Webhook (from 32 MB RAM, against 4,096 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: changedetection.io (verified single-container compose).
- Licensing: 18 of 57 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the automation & workflows category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.