Activepieces

A self-hostable, MIT-licensed alternative to Zapier for building automations and AI agents, with integrations that also work as MCP servers for AI clients.

25.3k stars, 4.4k forks TypeScript On GitHub since December 2022

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What is Activepieces?

Activepieces builds automations from triggers and steps in a visual editor aimed at both technical and non-technical users. Integrations, called pieces, are TypeScript packages; the README lists more than 280, many written by the community, and each one can also be used as an MCP server by AI clients such as Claude Desktop or Cursor. It runs in Activepieces Cloud or on your own server with Docker or Kubernetes.

Good fit if

  • You want Zapier-style automation on your own servers under a permissive license.
  • Your developers want to write new integrations in TypeScript.
  • People on your team prefer their own language: the interface is translated into about 20 languages.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need the largest catalog of ready-made integrations and templates: n8n has more, under a more restrictive license.
  • You only need features from its paid edition and want no license key: those are not in the MIT part of the code.

Before you adopt it

The core is MIT-licensed, but folders named ee in the repository are under a commercial license and power the paid plans. The usual setup is the app with PostgreSQL and Redis. Recent development is spread across about 15 people.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Activepieces health: is it still maintained?

81 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    1,280 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    17 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 20% of them.
    17 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 0.92.3-hotfix.2, on 28 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Activepieces license: is it open source?

Activepieces uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Some features sit under a separate paid license inside the same repository.

  1. December 2022First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT, with paid parts: license file assigns a different licence to part of the code; directory packages/core/shared/src/lib/ee/; directory packages/ee/; directory packages/server/api/src/app/ee/; directory packages/server/worker/src/lib/execute/jobs/ee/.

How to run Activepieces yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 4 services (postgres, redis)
Setup effort
3 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
20 languages

Install instructions: activepieces.com or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Activepieces

Is Activepieces open source?

Yes. Activepieces is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license. Some features are kept under a separate paid license in the same repository.

Is Activepieces still maintained?

Its health score is 81 of 100 (actively developed). It had 1,280 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 28 October 2026.

How do I run Activepieces?

You can run it with Docker, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Activepieces?

Close alternatives in the Workflow automation category include Trigger.dev, n8n, Dagu.