Best Docker Automation & Workflows for self-hosting

n8n

Automation & Workflows

Workflow automation with a node-based editor

Replaces Zapier, Make

Firecrawl

Automation & Workflows

Turn websites into clean data for AI applications

Replaces Apify

Open-source web crawler built for LLM data pipelines

Replaces Firecrawl

Huginn

Automation & Workflows

Agents that monitor and act on your behalf

Replaces IFTTT, Zapier

Programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory

ToolJet

Automation & Workflows

Low-code platform for building and automating business tools

Replaces Retool, Microsoft Power Apps

Open-source low-code platform for building internal apps

Replaces Retool, Microsoft Power Apps

Novu

Automation & Workflows

Open-source notification infrastructure for developers

Replaces Courier, Knock

changedetection.io

Automation & Workflows

Website change detection and notification

Replaces IFTTT

Microservices and workflow orchestration engine

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Camunda

Kestra

Automation & Workflows

Declarative orchestration and scheduling platform

Replaces Zapier, Make

Budibase

Automation & Workflows

Low-code platform to build internal tools and automations

Replaces Microsoft Power Apps, Retool

Activepieces

Automation & Workflows

Open-source no-code business automation

Replaces Zapier, Make

Modern workflow orchestration for data and Python pipelines

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory

Node-RED

Automation & Workflows

Flow-based programming for event-driven apps

Replaces Zapier

Durable execution platform for reliable distributed workflows

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Logic Apps

Automate browser workflows with LLMs and computer vision

Replaces UiPath, Zapier

Windmill

Automation & Workflows

Developer platform for scripts, flows and apps

Replaces Zapier, Retool

Maxun

Automation & Workflows

No-code web data extraction and scraping platform

Replaces Octoparse, Import.io

Apprise

Automation & Workflows

Send notifications to dozens of services from one library

Replaces Pushover

Open-source background jobs and workflows for code

Replaces Zapier

Dagster

Automation & Workflows

Data orchestrator for the full development lifecycle

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory

Distributed visual workflow scheduling platform

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory

Open-source business automation you can self-host

Replaces Zapier

Headless browser automation as a self-hosted service

Replaces Browserbase

Webhook

Automation & Workflows

Run scripts and commands from configurable HTTP endpoints

Replaces Zapier Webhooks

Lightweight business process engine with BPMN and DMN

Replaces Microsoft Power Automate, Camunda

Open-source data pipeline tool for transforming and integrating data

Replaces Azure Data Factory, Apache Airflow

Distributed background task queue with a modern UI

Replaces Celery, Temporal

Event-driven automation, often called IFTTT for ops

Replaces Zapier, AWS Systems Manager

Event and agent system for connecting things

Replaces IFTTT

UpSnap

Automation & Workflows

Wake-on-LAN dashboard to power devices on and off

Replaces Commercial WOL apps

Self-hosted task scheduler with a web management UI

Replaces cron, Rundeck

Visual dataflow automation and routing system

Replaces Azure Data Factory, Zapier

Event-driven workflow and background job platform

Replaces Zapier, AWS Step Functions

Cronicle

Automation & Workflows

Distributed task scheduler with a web UI

Replaces Zapier

Real-time updates protocol and server-sent events hub

Replaces Pusher

Your All-in-One MQTT Client Toolbox

Notifier that alerts when Docker images receive updates

Replaces Watchtower

Durable execution engine for resilient applications

Replaces Temporal

A docker-friendly job scheduler written in Go

Replaces cron

Get notified when container images have updates

Replaces Watchtower

pyLoad

Automation & Workflows

Lightweight, extensible download manager with a web UI

Replaces JDownloader

OliveTin

Automation & Workflows

Web buttons that safely run predefined shell commands

Replaces Rundeck

Web interface for editing and managing crontab jobs

Replaces cron

autobrr

Automation & Workflows

Automation tool for filtering and processing release feeds

Replaces Zapier

A modern, easy-to-use and performant custom Home Assistant dashboard

Crontab-compatible job runner built for containers

Replaces cron

Self-hosted collaborative API development environment

Replaces Postman

Fast checker for available Docker image updates

Replaces Watchtower

Unified notification gateway for many services

Replaces IFTTT

IP camera stream discovery tool for Frigate

Modern YAML-configured cron replacement with alerting

Replaces cron

Platform for managing Node-RED instances and teams

Monitoring and issue detection for Celery task queues

Replaces Flower

Lightweight cron daemon for containers and minimal systems

Replaces cron

Job scheduler for Docker environments using container labels

Replaces cron