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title: "awesome-n8n-templates vs lever"
type: "comparison"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates-vs-niansong1996-lever"
tools: ["enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates", "niansong1996-lever"]
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# awesome-n8n-templates vs lever

*GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026*

## Verdict

Pick awesome-n8n-templates when license: awesome-n8n-templates is Other, lever is MIT; pick lever when license: lever is MIT, awesome-n8n-templates is Other.

[awesome-n8n-templates](https://n8n.partnerlinks.io/h1pwwf5m4toe) reports 24k GitHub stars, 6.2k forks, and 25 open issues, last pushed Jul 6, 2026. [lever](https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.08468) has 90 stars, 8 forks, and 2 open issues, last pushed Jul 5, 2023. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [awesome-n8n-templates's repository](https://github.com/enescingoz/awesome-n8n-templates) and [lever's repository](https://github.com/niansong1996/lever).

| | [awesome-n8n-templates](/tools/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates.md) | [lever](/tools/niansong1996-lever.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | Repository containing over 280 free automation templates for n8n, supporting a variety of services including chatbots and DevOps. | Code for paper "LEVER: Learning to Verifiy Language-to-Code Generation with Execution" (ICML'23) |
| Stars | 23,810 | 90 |
| Forks | 6,240 | 8 |
| Open issues | 25 | 2 |
| Language | - | Python |
| Adopt for | awesome-n8n-templates is aimed at users who are looking to rapidly deploy a wide variety of pre-built automation workflows using the n8n platform, spanning services like email, social media, AI agents, and DevOps. | - |
| Persona | - | - |
| Runtime | - | - |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Categories | AI Agents, Data & Retrieval | Data & Retrieval |

## Trust and health

_Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._

| | [awesome-n8n-templates](/tools/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates.md) | [lever](/tools/niansong1996-lever.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Dormant (18%) |
| Days since push | 5d | 1102d |
| Open issues (now) | 25 | 2 |
| Security scan | No lockfile | No criticals |
| Full report | [trust report](/tools/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/niansong1996-lever/trust.md) |

## Decision facts: awesome-n8n-templates

- **Pricing:** freemium - The repository offers free access to over 280 ready-to-use workflow templates which can be used within the n8n platform, a tool that is both free and open-source. Note that any paid subscriptions or付费
- **Requirements:** * Requires an active account on n8n to import and utilize templates.
- **Adopt for:** awesome-n8n-templates is aimed at users who are looking to rapidly deploy a wide variety of pre-built automation workflows using the n8n platform, spanning services like email, social media, AI agents, and DevOps.

## Choose when

### Choose awesome-n8n-templates if…

- License: awesome-n8n-templates is Other, lever is MIT.
- Pricing: The repository offers free access to over 280 ready-to-use workflow templates which can be used within the n8n platform, a tool that is both free and open-source. Note that any paid subscriptions or付费.
- Requirements: * Requires an active account on n8n to import and utilize templates..
- Tags unique to awesome-n8n-templates: automation-templates, low-code, n8n-template, no-code-automation.
- Also covers AI Agents.
- * When you're leveraging n8n specifically and need ready-to-use automated workflows for various platforms such as Gmail, Telegram, Slack, etc.

### Choose lever if…

- License: lever is MIT, awesome-n8n-templates is Other.
- Tags unique to lever: python.
- Leaner open-issue backlog (2).

## When NOT to use awesome-n8n-templates

- * When your automation needs are highly specialized and none of the existing over 280 provided templates match those requirements, necessitating custom development.
- * If you're not using n8n for your automation processes, opting instead for other platforms that do not support these specific .json template files.

## When NOT to use lever

- Last GitHub push was 1103 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jul 5, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on lever.
- Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough.

## Common questions

### What is the difference between awesome-n8n-templates and lever?

awesome-n8n-templates: Repository containing over 280 free automation templates for n8n, supporting a variety of services including chatbots and DevOps.. lever: Code for paper "LEVER: Learning to Verifiy Language-to-Code Generation with Execution" (ICML'23). See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories.

### When should I choose awesome-n8n-templates over lever?

Choose awesome-n8n-templates over lever when License: awesome-n8n-templates is Other, lever is MIT; Pricing: The repository offers free access to over 280 ready-to-use workflow templates which can be used within the n8n platform, a tool that is both free and open-source. Note that any paid subscriptions or付费; Requirements: * Requires an active account on n8n to import and utilize templates.; Tags unique to awesome-n8n-templates: automation-templates, low-code, n8n-template, no-code-automation; Also covers AI Agents; * When you're leveraging n8n specifically and need ready-to-use automated workflows for various platforms such as Gmail, Telegram, Slack, etc.

### When should I choose lever over awesome-n8n-templates?

Choose lever over awesome-n8n-templates when License: lever is MIT, awesome-n8n-templates is Other; Tags unique to lever: python; Leaner open-issue backlog (2).

### When should I avoid awesome-n8n-templates?

* When your automation needs are highly specialized and none of the existing over 280 provided templates match those requirements, necessitating custom development. * If you're not using n8n for your automation processes, opting instead for other platforms that do not support these specific .json template files.

### When should I avoid lever?

Last GitHub push was 1103 days ago (dormant maintenance, Jul 5, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on lever. Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough.

### Is awesome-n8n-templates or lever more popular on GitHub?

awesome-n8n-templates has more GitHub stars (23,810 vs 90). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints.

### Are awesome-n8n-templates and lever open source?

Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (awesome-n8n-templates: Other, lever: MIT).

### Where can I find alternatives to awesome-n8n-templates or lever?

GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [awesome-n8n-templates alternatives](/tools/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates/alternatives) and [lever alternatives](/tools/niansong1996-lever/alternatives) ([awesome-n8n-templates markdown twin](/tools/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates/alternatives.md), [lever markdown twin](/tools/niansong1996-lever/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes.

### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison?

Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates-vs-niansong1996-lever.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers.

### Which is better maintained, awesome-n8n-templates or lever?

awesome-n8n-templates: Very active. lever: Dormant. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance.

### Where are the full trust reports for awesome-n8n-templates and lever?

GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [awesome-n8n-templates trust report](/tools/enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates/trust); [lever trust report](/tools/niansong1996-lever/trust).

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=enescingoz-awesome-n8n-templates)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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