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Floww

A code-first alternative to n8n

Details

External ID
46123481
Source
HN
Company
—
Product
Floww
Website domain
github.com
Launched
Dec. 2, 2025
Cohort
—
Upvotes
6
Upvotes percentile
0.2652671755725191
Tags
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Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

Description

Hi HN,I'm a creator of Floww, a self-hostable workflow automation tool designed for developers who got frustrated by the limitations of visual builders like n8n. It's still a very early prototype, but the goal is to provide these same features in a code-first approach which allows for building and maintaining more complex workflows more easily.Example: import { Discord, GitHub } from "floww"; const discord = new Discord() const github = new GitHub() github.triggers.onPush({ branch: "main", owner: "usefloww", repository: "floww-dashboard", handler: async (ctx, event) => { const user = event.body.sender.login; const repository = event.body.repository.name; await discord.actions.sendMessage({ channelId: "1436671493651169290", content: New push to ${repository} by ${user} }) }, }); Would love to hear what you think, and what functionality we need to add for you to consider this for your next automation

Enrichment

Theme
git and repository workflow tools
Vertical
Horizontal
Function
Workflow automation
Audience
Developer
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
code-first workflow automation
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes A code-first workflow automation prototype in TypeScript/Node involves building a DAG runner and wrapping standard integration APIs, which fits well within standard vibe-coding capabilities.

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Launched 30 days after the earliest competitor.

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