Gitea Actions
IT runbooks & infra automationSelf-hosted CI actions compatible with GitHub Actions syntax
- Stars
- ★ 58.6k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Power Automate, Zapier
Free alternatives to Power Automate
Last updated · 8 options
Quick answer: Gitea Actions has the most stars on its repository of the 8 options here (★ 58.6k), followed by Temporal (★ 23.8k). Stars show popularity, not fit, so check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.
Microsoft's automation suite for Microsoft 365, desktop RPA and connectors. Here are 8 free options, most-starred first.
Temporal
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsDurable execution platform for mission-critical workflows
- Stars
- ★ 23.8k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Self-host or cloud
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Temporal Cloud, Airflow managed
Node-RED
Visual iPaaS & Zapier-styleLow-code event wiring with a browser flow editor
- Stars
- ★ 23.8k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
AWX (Ansible)
IT runbooks & infra automationOpen-source UI and API for Ansible automation
- Stars
- ★ 15.6k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Power Automate, Workato
Semaphore UI
IT runbooks & infra automationModern open-source UI for Ansible, Terraform and OpenTofu
- Stars
- ★ 14.3k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Power Automate
StackStorm
IT runbooks & infra automationEvent-driven runbook automation (IFTTT for ops)
- Stars
- ★ 6.5k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Power Automate, IFTTT
Rundeck / Process Automation
IT runbooks & infra automationRunbook automation and self-service ops jobs
- Stars
- ★ 6.3k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host or cloud
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Power Automate
Camunda
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsBPMN workflow and decision automation platform
- Stars
- ★ 4.3k
- Licence
- Various (check version)
- Updated
- Self-host or cloud
- Licence limits
Alternative to Workato, Power Automate
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FAQ
Is there a free alternative to Power Automate?
Yes. AutomationAlts lists 8 options: Gitea Actions, Temporal, Node-RED, AWX (Ansible), Semaphore UI, StackStorm, Rundeck / Process Automation and Camunda.
Which Power Automate alternatives are open source?
Gitea Actions (MIT), Temporal (MIT), Node-RED (Apache-2.0), AWX (Ansible) (Apache-2.0), Semaphore UI (MIT), StackStorm (Apache-2.0) and Rundeck / Process Automation (Apache-2.0). The others are free or freemium but not open source.
Which Power Automate alternatives can I self-host?
Gitea Actions, Temporal, Node-RED, AWX (Ansible), Semaphore UI, StackStorm, Rundeck / Process Automation and Camunda (all of them).
Related categories: IT runbooks & infra automation · Job orchestrators & durable workflows · Visual iPaaS & Zapier-style
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