Doist vs n8n - Workflow Automation

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and n8n - Workflow Automation (Free and open fair-code licensed node based Workflow Automation Tool.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

n8n - Workflow Automation (rank #82) holds a narrow lead over Doist (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (57 vs 54). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Doist is ahead of n8n - Workflow Automation. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), n8n - Workflow Automation is slightly ahead of Doist. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), n8n - Workflow Automation is ahead of Doist. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Doist is slightly ahead of n8n - Workflow Automation. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), n8n - Workflow Automation is ahead of Doist.

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 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 38.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. n8n - Workflow Automation looks better where community 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.