1Password vs n8n - Workflow Automation

1Password (1Password remembers all your passwords for you. It keeps your digital life secure and always available, safe behind the one password that only you know.) and n8n - Workflow Automation (Free and open fair-code licensed node based Workflow Automation Tool.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

1Password (rank #21) holds a narrow lead over n8n - Workflow Automation (rank #82) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (65 vs 57). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), 1Password is ahead of n8n - Workflow Automation. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 1Password is slightly ahead of n8n - Workflow Automation. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 1Password is clearly ahead of n8n - Workflow Automation. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), n8n - Workflow Automation is ahead of 1Password.

1Password carries 12,941 GitHub stars across 96 public repos, with 38 repositories active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors on record. n8n - Workflow Automation shows 216,785 stars across 45 public repos, 15 active in the last 90 days and 155 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but n8n - Workflow Automation's footprint is roughly 16.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

1Password is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. n8n - Workflow Automation looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.