janober

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by janober 6y ago
Yes that is correct. It is not "OSI approved open-source" it is rather https://faircode.io/ licensed instead which is similar but not the same.
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by janober 6y ago
Really happy to finally launch the hosted offering of our fair-code licensed workflow automation tool. That makes it now not just simple for none technical people to get started with n8n it also takes away the worry for all technical ones t
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by janober 6y ago
Thank you very much for being part of our community and your support! Yes totally agree. Still a lot to do and improve.
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by janober 6y ago
Thank you very much! It is very appreciated. Yes, think it is never easy if you take a new and different approach, but I am sure it will be worth it. Not just for us, also for other people that think the same way.
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by janober 6y ago
If you want to automate complex tasks, with multiple IFs, Merge, triggers ..., easily extendable, a node based flow and self-hostable you can check out the fair-code licensed https://n8n.io https://github.com/n8n
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by janober 6y ago
Not open-source, rather fair-code licensed (so you are not allowed to commercialize it but use it totally for free and the source-code is available) but apart from that you can try: https://n8n.io https://github.com&#
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by janober 6y ago
That same question got actually also asked when I released https://n8n.io originally. Here the link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21192243
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by janober 6y ago
Here an archived version in case the page goes down again: https://archive.is/9Enrw
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by janober 6y ago
One important factor is how fast that 6 upvotes happened and from who. If it got posted and got 6 upvotes within a few minutes and that from "proper" accounts it is on the front page. If it has the same amount but it takes 30 min
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by janober 6y ago
n8n.io - https://n8n.io | Berlin | Onsite n8n is an open and extendable workflow tool, enabling you to create powerful automations. With a fair-code distribution model, run n8n locally or in the cloud and augment with custom fun
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by janober 7y ago
I use https://n8n.io (full disclosure, I am the creator) for it. It is free and fair-code licensed. I did not write it esp. for this use case but have to say works very great.
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by janober 7y ago
Good point. AGPL goes definitely in the direction. It is not just open-source it definitely also has parts of the fair-code spirit...
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by janober 7y ago
That is actually what we started fair-code ( https://faircode.io ) for to have a proper term and definition for that projects.
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YC Startup School 2019 Grant Recipients(blog.ycombinator.com)
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by janober 7y ago
haha, no would have done that even without that. It was always important to me to make that clear even though it did obviously not work exactly like intended.
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by janober 7y ago
Yes, I did but did not get to it yet. Also not sure if this integrations would then be the "best" to use. I think it would be great to have at least "something" if nothing exists yet but would not be as good and easy as
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by janober 7y ago
Very sorry! As I was the only "CEO" in here which product got criticized I thought it must have been me ;-) Yes would actually be perfect for it, but never had the time to set something like that up. Maybe someday in the future. F
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by janober 7y ago
Yes, very interesting indeed! Either there is a big conspiracy to uncover or said CEO reads HN and if something is number 1 and is related to his product he pays close attention. We will maybe never find out the truth...
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by janober 7y ago
n8n does also have way fewer integrations. About the "robust" part. A startup I know had a lot of issues with Zapier and switched to n8n and are quite happy as they did not have any issues since. I am sure you are right and you di
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by janober 7y ago
Do not have that much experience with Huginn but you are probably right. As n8n is new and Huginn is already around for many years it would be surprising if they would be equal in every way. Anyway, I am quite sure that most that can be don
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by janober 7y ago
Thanks a lot rvz for throwing it in the mix. I am the creator of n8n so just wanted to mention that it is not "OSI approved open-source" as the commons clause got attached. More information about that in the FAQ https:/&#x2F
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by janober 7y ago
Yes is an option but one I would hate to take. It would mean that I have to artificially cripple the product for all users just to eventually earn money from a few. That was the opposite of what I wanted. I wanted that everybody can use it
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by janober 7y ago
Thanks a lot! It would be amazing if you would create those integrations but can understand if you have different priorities. In this case, simply add the integrations you need as a request to the forum. Other people can then upvote them an
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by janober 7y ago
Hard to answer that in a general sense. It depends a lot on how you use AWS Lambda. In most cases, I would say no. But possible for a few.
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by janober 7y ago
Thanks a lot. That is great to hear! If you are unsure about if you can use it, simply explain what you want to do in an email to "license@n8n.io". The goal with the license was not keeping people from using it. The main goal was
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by janober 7y ago
Sorry english it not my native language. Thought that is kind of an OK short version of "asking for more of contributors than you give back to them". Did not want to weasel your words (hope I did at least use that correctly)! I tr
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by janober 7y ago
Thanks a lot! Yes agree but the fact that they care very much and the other group way less is a sign that I should change it if I can resolve the situation like that. Why not make them "happy" If I have the chance? The only reason
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by janober 7y ago
I thought about that. But did not decide yet as I first have to inform myself and think properly about what implications that could have. For example, could it mean a split of the community like what happened for Elasticsearch which is neve
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by janober 7y ago
Sorry still do not understand. So you are saying that I screw over a person which uses n8n (else he would probably not contribute anyway), for whom I assume n8n is in some way helpful (so makes his life easier, saves him time, the company m
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by janober 7y ago
> It's even worse to see projects like this misleading contributors into giving to a project which isn't even open source in the first place and asks for more than it gives. Sorry, can you elaborate? I invested probably around

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