Automate workflows by drag and drop: connect email, spreadsheets, chat and hundreds of other services, with your data staying on your server.
The easiest way is through the Console: connect a server, then install the app from the catalog.
Sign in to the Keenrig Console
Add a server and run the install command the Console gives you on your VPS
Go to Catalog, pick this app and press Install
n8n wires the services you already use into automated workflows: a form is submitted, so a spreadsheet row is created, a message is sent and an API is called — built in a visual editor, with a JavaScript or Python step wherever you need one. Running it yourself means the API keys and the data flowing through those workflows never leave your infrastructure.
What it does not do. This is single-container mode with SQLite: right for individuals and small teams, with no queue mode and no multiple replicas. It needs at least 1 GB of memory — n8n uses about 700 MB while idle. The credential encryption key lives in the volume: lose the volume and every saved credential becomes undecryptable, so back it up. n8n is distributed under the Sustainable Use License, which is not an OSI open-source licence — read its terms before commercial use.
Both are visual automation builders you can install from the catalog. Pick n8n if you want JavaScript or Python steps, a large set of ready-made AI agent nodes, and can live with the Sustainable Use License. Pick Activepieces if the people building flows do not write code, or you need an MIT-licensed community edition; in exchange, its piece list is fetched from Activepieces’ servers at runtime, so it needs outbound network access. Self-host Activepieces on a VPS in one command
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