Activepieces vs OliveTin

Both are self-hosted automation projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Activepieces scores 94 against OliveTin's 82, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a larger community. That measures project health, not feature fit — OliveTin may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
ActivepiecesOliveTin
Health score 94/100 82/100
Commits (11 mo) 6564 744
Commits (last 3 mo) 982 235
Stars 25k 3.8k
Latest release 24 Sept 2026 10 Sept 2026
Licence MIT AGPL-3.0
Built with Docker Go
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

Activepieces

No-code business automation tool like Zapier or Tray. For example, you can send a Slack notification for each new Trello card.

94/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 39/40
Releases 25/25
Community 18/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 98% of tracked projects; popularity more than 90%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 1334 commits 2025-11: 1478 commits 2025-12: 1183 commits 2026-01: 355 commits 2026-02: 191 commits 2026-03: 379 commits 2026-04: 419 commits 2026-05: 243 commits 2026-06: 323 commits 2026-07: 350 commits 2026-08: 309 commits

OliveTin

Web interface for running Linux shell commands.

82/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 30/40
Releases 25/25
Community 12/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 74% of tracked projects; popularity more than 62%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 100 commits 2025-11: 91 commits 2025-12: 48 commits 2026-01: 79 commits 2026-02: 76 commits 2026-03: 58 commits 2026-04: 0 commits 2026-05: 57 commits 2026-06: 102 commits 2026-07: 112 commits 2026-08: 21 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted automation.