Hello everyone, I’m the developer of Aerini. I liked the idea behind n8n, so I built something similar that runs as a local app and adds plugins and MCP. You wire nodes together on a canvas and run them by hand, on a schedule or from a webhook. It works on macOS, Windows and Linux. There’s no account and no telemetry. Plugins: write your own nodes in Rust, compile to WASM and drop the file onto the window. Each plugin runs sandboxed. MCP: aerini-mcp lets an agent like Claude Code read the node catalog, write and validate workflows, and save them. It’s a separate download on the GitHub Releases page, not in the desktop installer. Anything that changes a server needs --allow-write. Setup: docs.aerini.org/operations/mcp Run anywhere: export a workflow as a Linux server package with a systemd service, or use the Docker image. Open source: AGPL-3.0. Aerini is pre-1.0 and still in development, so I’ve almost certainly missed some bugs. Builds for macOS (Apple Silicon only) and Windows are unsigned. Some Windows code paths have never run on a real Windows machine, and Linux arm64 is untested. Known issues are listed in the docs. Found a bug or want a feature? Open an issue or start a discussion on GitHub (github.com/Panchak2d/Aerini), or reach me through aerini.org/contact.

Aerini

Local-first workflow automation with plugins and MCP

Local-first workflow automation with plugins and MCP