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n8n

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Workflow automation tool

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n8n screenshot

Run locally

Terminal
$ npx launchfile up n8n

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts n8n with all dependencies.

Image: n8nio/n8n:latest
Launchfile View on GitHub
# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: n8n
description: "Workflow automation tool"

image: n8nio/n8n:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 5678
    exposed: true
requires:
  - type: postgres
    set_env:
      DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST: $host
      DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT: $port
      DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE: $name
      DB_POSTGRESDB_USER: $user
      DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD: $password
env:
  DB_TYPE:
    default: "postgresdb"
  N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY:
    generator: secret
    sensitive: true
    description: "Encryption key for stored credentials"
  WEBHOOK_URL:
    description: "Public URL for webhook triggers"
storage:
  data:
    path: /home/node/.n8n
    persistent: true
health: /healthz
restart: always

Test Results

Last Tested

2026-04-06

Health Check

Passing

Startup Time

11s

Total Disk

1401 MB

Required Services

postgres

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Spec references for features used in this Launchfile.

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