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n8n-io/n8n vs openclaw/openclaw

openclaw/openclaw shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, openclaw shows healthier maintenance signals than n8n. openclaw rates Healthy overall while n8n rates Mixed. n8n was committed to 2 weeks ago with 48+ active contributors, while openclaw was committed to 2 days ago with 22+ active contributors. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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n8n-io/n8n

Mixed

Evidence incomplete — review before adopting

MixedDependency

license evidence incomplete; dependency CVE scan unavailable

MixedFork & modify

license evidence incomplete

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10; license evidence incomplete…

  • Could not verify license from the available repository evidence
  • Last commit today
  • 48+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 7% of recent commits)
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

openclaw/openclaw

Healthy

Strong maintenance signals

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Last commit today
  • 22+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 47% of recent commits)
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

n8nopenclaw
Stars202,325389,319
Last commit18d ago2d ago
LicenseUnknownMIT
Open issues1,0776,558
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage85%85%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture grade
Cycles
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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