Ashraf Samhouri

Activepieces - No-code business automation with more privacy

Activepieces is an open source no-code business automation tool built for the privacy needs of today's internet. You can self-host Activepieces or use it on the cloud (and still read our public code). We have 48 pieces and counting!

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Ashraf Samhouri
Hey Product Hunters! 😃 I'm Ashraf, co-founder of Activepieces, we are 24+ open source contributors, and I'm here to show you what we've been up to! When we used automation tools like Zapier at my previous job, we found that it became incredibly expensive very quickly, and we had only too few options to self-host business automation when data had to reside on prem. So we built Activepieces to solve these problems. Activepieces is: 🤓 Open source 🥰 No-code business automation software 🔒 Privacy-first 🧩 50 pieces and counting 🔁 Replaces Zapier and Workato We're excited that we have more than 1,000 users now and thought it's time to show it to the PH community. Who is this for? 👉 Self-hosting community. 👉 Companies who care about privacy and want to build automations. 👉 Automators who hate limitations. 👉 Users who are sick of Zapier's limitations or pricing. 👉 Products who'd like to embed automations. We have branching, loops and code capabilities next to many integrated apps like Google Sheets, Asana, HubSpot, Mailchimp, ChatGPT and others. Full list can be found here: https://www.activepieces.com/pieces You can watch this 2-min video to learn how to use Activepieces:
or read my article about scaling up your blog content using Activepieces + Google Sheets + OpenAI: https://www.activepieces.com/blo... 🕛 Building flows with natural language is soon to come 🕛 📣 A big shout out to all the contributors who helped us bring this to life and our core team who spent sleepless nights coding! We're looking forward to your feedback and suggestions as to where you'd like to see this going in the future, and we appreciate your support!
Mukewa Wekalao
Congrats @ashraf_samhouri!! Great team and vision. You have an amazing tool, happy to be a contributor.
Sibu Sahu
@ashraf_samhouri Activepieces seems like a promising no-code business automation software that prioritizes privacy, and I'm excited to see how it evolves in the future with its impressive list of integrated apps and upcoming natural language capabilities.
Ashraf Samhouri
@kanarelo It wouldn't have been possible without your great efforts, Mukewa. You've been an awesome contributor and people like you are who make open source possible!
Ashraf Samhouri
@sibu_sahu We're accelerating our pieces development, currently targeting 100 apps then 200. We expect our list of apps to be much more comprehensive very soon. Thank you for the encouraging words!
Ernie Smith
💡 Bright idea
Hey there, I recently did a pretty decent intro to self-hosted tools on my website Tedium (https://tedium.co/2023/03/04/sel...), and of the tools I tried, ActivePieces was easily one of the best. I also found that when I ran into issues, they were one of the most responsive when it came to support. They reached out for clarification on my issue and were able to offer useful advice. At a time when Zapier is raising its prices in a big way, it is great that we have an alternative this strong to turn to. I'm happy to see them launch on Product Hunt!
Ashraf Samhouri
@shortformernie Thanks Ernie! Your feedback was so helpful to take Activepieces to the next level. I redirect people to your article when they ask me to compare us with other self hosted products in the market, your evaluation system is brilliant and gives the shortest path towards comparison. Thank you for your support!
Nigel Powell
Great product, open source, useful and with a fantastic team behind it. What's not to love. The recent addition of ChatGPT integration is the icing on the cake. Good luck with the launch guys.
Ashraf Samhouri
@nigel_powell7 Thank you for your support and kind words!
Abdurahman Zeineddin
After using it for a month in our company, I am truly impressed. The pricing is very competitive compared to Zapier and the support we received from the main contributors has been exceptional. In fact, we requested some features and they were added in just one day. The team's speed, dedication, and the consistent improvements they have made since the project's inception make me highly recommend Active Pieces. I hope you the best !
Ashraf Samhouri
@abdurahman_zeineddin1 Glad you're liking Activepieces and our speed. We like to think we're the fastest mover in the space right now and that's what gives us the belief that we'll build the biggest open ecosystem for business automation. Thank you for the kind words, Abdurahman!
This looks really nice! Congrats on the launch. I've started using n8n recently. How would you compare Activepieces to n8n?
Ashraf Samhouri
@timobechtel N8n is awesome, but it's not open source, it's source-available and if you use it commercially you need to think twice about how to play along with its commercial license. Regardless of that, we love to think that Activepieces is seriously built to no-code users with less complexity on the interface and minimal technical terminology or references. But maybe I'm wrong, I'd love to hear your thoughts about it when you give it a try!
@ashraf_samhouri Thanks for the clarification. I'll give it a try :)
Ashraf Samhouri
@timobechtel Let me know what you think!
Korkmaz Ozcan
Congrats and best of luck with your launch!
Ashraf Samhouri
@korkmaz Thank you!
Abed Mously
One of my favorite products!
Ashraf Samhouri
@abedmously Definitely one of our favorite users!
Raghav Rawat
The pace at which this company is progressing is simply mind-blowing! This product is truly exhilarating!
Ashraf Samhouri
@raghavrawat39 Thank you for your words and support!
Yazeed Al Oyoun
Incredible work you guys have done here, keep it up!
Ashraf Samhouri
Thanks Yazeed for the support and the kind words!
Ayman Magedy
Hey everyone, I tried the product, and I really like the UI/UX design. Their support over Discord is awesome and they are very responsive. I am a big fan of Zapier, but I can see ActivePieces replacing it very easily with a few more integrations & logic functions.
Ashraf Samhouri
@ayman_magedy You've been a great part of the journey, I appreciate every feedback, discussion or help you've contributed with. Thank you Ayman!
Elayan Hamamrah
Great job by AP team, Keep up the great work
Ashraf Samhouri
Thank you Elayan for the support!
Muhammad Sarmad Hafeez
Congratulations on the launch of Activepieces! I'm excited to explore its powerful no-code business automation capabilities and see what possibilities it opens up.
Mohammad AbuAboud
Hey Product Hunters! 🎉 I'm Mohammad, one of the co-founders of Activepieces. 😎 What I love most about working on this project every day is our amazing community. 🤗 Building in public has been one of the best decisions we've made and it's exciting to see so many contributors joining in. 💪 We've put a lot of focus on creating a great development experience for our contributors and have received positive feedback in that regard. 🙌 One of the best things about Activepieces is its minimal and un-opinionated approach, which makes it highly extensible. My personal favorite is our framework for creating connectors, and all of our connectors are published as npm packages here: 🚀 Don't forget to check out our repository on GitHub and give us a star! ⭐️ https://github.com/activepieces We're excited to hear your feedback and suggestions about where you'd like to see Activepieces go in the future, and we truly appreciate your support! ❤️
Mehdi Rifai
Congrats guys! Love the simplicity. Zapier can get expensive very quickly so this is a solid alternative.
Ashraf Samhouri
@mehdi_rifai True, that was our initial motivation to start building Activepieces. Glad you like it!
Umar | SaaS Guy
Congrats on your launch!
Anil Matcha
Congrats on the launch, looking great. How you plan to sustain it ?
Ashraf Samhouri
@matcha_anil Thanks Anil! Cloud and Enterprise. We're working with a bunch of companies on paid features. Meanwhile, we're backed by YC and many other great investors, we have 4+ years of runway to achieve the vision.
osama zakarneh
Despite the many alternatives to Zappier out there, Activepieces has this special zing that makes it stand out! keep up the good work.
Ashraf Samhouri
@osama_zakarneh Very much appreciating the nice words from you Osama!
Bilal Niaz
This is a great tool for those who want to automate their business without code.
Ashraf Samhouri
@bilal_niaz Indeed. Let me know if you have such use cases that we can brainstorm or help with.
Mo Gharbat
As an early follower of Activepieces (early with few stars on GitHub), I've been amazed by the incredible journey and evolution of this product. From its beginnings on Github to its current status as an open source automation solution , it's been truly inspiring to watch it grow and develop. What sets Activepieces apart is its simplicity and power. well, for me, it is the total package. Also I've been blown away by its capabilities and versatility, and I appreciate the care and attention that the maintainers put into making it a sustainable alternative to other tools on the market such Zapier. Not only is the product itself fantastic, but the team behind it is also top-notch. They're great listeners and really seem to care about their users. I especially appreciate the transparent documentation, public road map, and overall commitment to product development. I can't say enough good things about Activepieces. Kudos to the team for their hard work and dedication, and I can't wait to see what they come up with next!
Ashraf Samhouri
@mobasha We really appreciate you paying attention to these details and I'm glad you like what we've been up to so far. We promise that what will come will be even more fantastic!
David Lawson
Business automation tools are ripe for disruption, and an open-source tool like Activepieces is in a prime spot to lead that charge. Excited to see this grow and become a market leader
Ashraf Samhouri
@ddlawson These are some big words, David. Thank you for the encouragement and we're as excited to see (and also pave) the future of this!