Readers comparing workflow automation tools need to distinguish active projects, orchestration systems, visual builders, and agentic options without treating popularity as proof of quality. This October 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records, including each tool’s score, health, shipping, openness label, license label, and GitHub-star count.
The ranking covers open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score descending, then health and shipping for equal composite scores. GitHub stars provide context only and do not set the order.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | n8n | Fair-code, not OSI-approved | Sustainable Use License | 99 | 99 | 206264 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Kestra | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 28495 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | gh-aw | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 98 | 5257 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Activepieces | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 24791 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | LibreSign | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 97 | 97 | 826 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Trigger.dev | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 97 | 16438 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Dagu | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 97 | 96 | 4221 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Flyte | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 7600 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Prefect | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 23952 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | nodetool | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 98 | 547 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Hatchet | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 8026 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Tracecat | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 97 | 96 | 3820 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Conductor | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 95 | 32242 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | ByteChef | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 96 | 1006 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | PipesHub AI | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 96 | 3789 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Kaoto | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 94 | 128 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Temporal | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 94 | 23396 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | OpenWorkflow | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 95 | 1324 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | epistola-suite | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 95 | 6 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Bifrost Integrations | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 94 | 63 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Runtara | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 95 | 18 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Pneumatic | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 94 | 92 | 319 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Huginn | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 92 | 91 | 50017 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | Node-RED | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 92 | 91 | 23694 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | Rulego | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 91 | 92 | 1614 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | Flowwink | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 89 | 93 | 25 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | MaaPipelineEditor | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 89 | 93 | 403 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | DBOS Transact Golang | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 88 | 843 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | Ryax | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 90 | 90 | 192 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | Flow | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 88 | 86 | 137 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 31 | gflow | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 86 | 88 | 97 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 32 | FlowCtl | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 85 | 84 | 341 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 33 | Flowable Engine | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 83 | 71 | 9561 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 34 | dgiot | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 75 | 78 | 4849 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 35 | maestro | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 65 | 53 | 3842 | 60 | 🟢 Good |
| 36 | FlowGram | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 66 | 44 | 8476 | 57 | 🟡 Fair |
| 37 | Velda | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 60 | 49 | 84 | 55 | 🟡 Fair |
| 38 | Lamda | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 61 | 44 | 8508 | 54 | 🟡 Fair |
| 39 | SymFlowBuilder | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 59 | 39 | 28 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 40 | Viewflow | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 58 | 41 | 2876 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 41 | Ordo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 46 | 41 | 36 | 44 | 🟡 Fair |
| 42 | diun | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 49 | 26 | 4950 | 40 | 🟡 Fair |
| 43 | SurveyKing | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 41 | 19 | 4015 | 32 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 44 | Cenit IO | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 38 | 22 | 505 | 32 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 45 | Loopi | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 18 | 5 | 196 | 13 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 46 | Integuru | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 17 | 0 | 4771 | 10 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 47 | AutoForceAI | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 48 | Adjutant | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 49 | Infinitic | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 13 | 3 | 361 | 9 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 50 | TACTIC | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 14 | 0 | 499 | 8 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
n8n ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 99, health 99, and shipping 99. The supplied first-party description presents it as a fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities, visual building plus custom code, self-hosting or cloud deployment, and 400+ integrations. Its openness label is “Fair-code, not OSI-approved” and its license label is “Sustainable Use License.” ToolVitals lists 206,264 GitHub stars as context, not as a ranking input.
Kestra ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, health 98, and shipping 98. Its supplied first-party description identifies it as an Event Driven Orchestration & Scheduling Platform for Mission Critical Applications. Its openness label is “OSI-approved OSS” and its license label is “Apache-2.0.” ToolVitals lists 28,495 GitHub stars as context only.
gh-aw ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 97, health 97, and shipping 98. Its supplied first-party description is “GitHub Agentic Workflows.” The project carries the openness label “OSI-approved OSS” and the license label “MIT.” ToolVitals lists 5,257 GitHub stars as context only.
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