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What are you using n8n for? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I see n8n everywhere and while I love automation I can't think of a use case, that couldn't be realized in Bash instead.

So I'm wondering, if you use n8n what are you using it for?

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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

You can integrate a host of things into n8n including AI, however you can also just run n8n as an automation tool without anything else integrated. It does take a little reading of the docs to figure that out. I am sure that most people run n8n with AI, and admittedly, the front page of the n8n site promotes the AI version because other users would like to run n8n with AI. Some in this thread are suffering from knee jerk syndrome.