Huginn vs Kestra

Comparing two open source alternatives to Zapier. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Huginn

MIT

Self-hosted automation platform for building agents that monitor and act on your behalf — a hackable, open source alternative to IFTTT and Zapier.

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Kestra

Apache-2.0

Event-driven workflow orchestration platform with a YAML-based pipeline DSL, 500+ plugins, and a built-in UI editor.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Huginn	Kestra
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	50,033	29,477
Forks	4,304	3,323
Open Issues	702	847
Last Commit	Oct 10, 2026	Oct 9, 2026
First Released	Mar 10, 2013	Aug 24, 2019
Categories	Automation Tools	Automation Tools
Tags	#automation #agents #No Code #monitoring #rss	#automation #workflow #scheduler #low code #diagram

GitHub stars over time

Huginn50,033

Kestra

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