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n8n Blog
Company blog · blog.n8n.ioaiprogramming
n8n Blog is the company blog at blog.n8n.io, writing about ai and programming. Since 2022, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link n8n's posts on its fair-code and Sustainable Use License, the company's source-available licensing approach. Commenters cite them as background to debates over n8n's open-source status.
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What Hacker News says?
We at n8n ( https://n8n.io/ ) have something similar (but not identical) with our Sustainable Use License. Here the blog-post where we talk about it some more: https://blog.n8n.io/announcing-new-sustainable-use-license/
Comment linking /announcing-new-sustainable-use-license/
on “Mold linker may switch to a source-available license”Submitted N8n raises $180M as a story · 235 points
HN discussionFounder of n8n here. For the people that do not have multiple hours to read the whole thread with its almost 378 comments (some of them quite long). It actually resulted in the creation of fair-code ( https://faircode.io/ ) and later the Sustainable Use License. Here a more concise version of the fair-code background: https://blog.n8n.io/fair-code-for-sustainable-open-source-al... and here information about the Sust…
Comment linking /announcing-new-sustainable-use-license/
on “N8n is not open source and your project is gaslighting its users”Submitted N8n Brand Refresh as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted N8n 2024 in Review as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Agent Identity, Reliable Execution, and Intent are only half-way solved as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Multi-agent systems: Frameworks and step-by-step tutorial as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted We need re-learn what AI agent development tools are in 2026 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Agent Orchestration Frameworks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted New plan, no active workflow limits – n8n's new pricing explained as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted LLMs for coding (+ free workflow templates) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI orchestration: benefits, best practices, and tools as a story · 1 points
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