Open-source alternative to Zapier
Zapier runs a fixed sequence of steps you set up in its editor. Kortix is the open-source AI Operating System: agents do open-ended work across 3,000+ apps, on their own cloud computers, and land it in a git repo you own.
Open source · Any model, your keys · Self-host, VPC, or on-prem
The open-source AI Operating System
repo/acme-co your whole company, as filesagents/ who does the workskills/ how your company does a jobmemory/ what it has learned so farkortix.yaml rules, triggers, connectors, machine3,000+ apps in a click, plus MCP, OpenAPI, Postman, GraphQL and raw HTTP.
The Zapier, n8n, and Make columns state what each vendor documents. The Kortix column quotes Kortix.
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Every layer an AI workforce needs, in one platform you own.
Agents, skills, memory, connector config and triggers are all text in one repo.
repo/acme-co your whole company, as filesagents/ who does the workskills/ how your company does a jobmemory/ what it has learned so farkortix.yaml rules, triggers, connectors, machine3,000+ apps in a click, plus MCP, OpenAPI, Postman, GraphQL and raw HTTP.
3,000+ apps in a click, plus MCP, OpenAPI, Postman, GraphQL and raw HTTPConnector credentials are brokered server-side and never enter the machineEach tool call can be set to allow, ask or block, down to the arguments it was givenAny model provider with your own keys. Or the ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
Kortix is model-agnosticPick the model per agent, per session or per messageBring your own API key from any major providerOr sign in with the ChatGPT subscription you already pay forOpenCode is the harness. The harness gives it planning, tool use and multi-step runs it actually finishes.
A model on its own answersThe harness gives it planning, tool use and multi-step runs it actually finishesSay allow, ask or deny per tool, down to a single shell commandOpen source, so the harness is never the thing you are locked intoOne isolated sandbox per session. Each session has its own isolated machine and branch.
Each session boots its own isolated Linux machinewith your repo and your tools already on itSession id, sandbox id and branch name are one and the same stringThousands run in parallel with no crossover between themSession work reaches main through a change request. Merge is default-deny for agents.
Web, Slack, mobile, CLI and API all start the same sessionCron schedules and signed webhooks start sessions with no one askingSession work lands on main as a change request you read as a diff firstGitHub stars
Short answers on cost, open source, self-hosting, and how Kortix differs from n8n and Make.
Yes. Kortix is the open-source AI Operating System: your agents, skills, company memory, and connectors live in one git repo you own. Instead of firing a fixed sequence of steps, an agent does the job on its own cloud computer and opens a change request you review.
Yes. Kortix is free to start, and self-host is free: run it on Kortix Cloud, in your VPC, or on your own on-prem network.
n8n and Make run workflows: a fixed sequence of steps you build in a visual editor and maintain. Kortix is an open-source AI Operating System where an agent takes an open-ended job, works on its own cloud computer, and lands the result through a change request.
Yes. Run Kortix on Kortix Cloud, in your VPC, or on your own on-prem network, and self-host is free. The configuration is a git repo you own, so you can read it, fork it, and audit it.
Start with one job and grow from there.