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Huginn

Free (self-hosted) / ~$5-10/mo (Railway hosting)
4.4/5

Open-source event-driven automation with web scraping, self-hosted only, full data privacy

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Why founders use Huginn

Web scraping agents
RSS feed monitoring
Email integration
Event-driven workflows
Conditional logic
Data storage
Webhooks
Slack/email notifications

The Good

Completely free and open-source
Excellent for web scraping and monitoring
Full data privacy and control
Event-driven architecture
Highly customizable
No vendor lock-in

The Bad

Steeper technical setup required
Smaller ecosystem than cloud tools
Learning curve for non-developers
Limited pre-built integrations

The Verdict

Huginn is an open-source, self-hosted automation platform built for privacy-first indie hackers and developers who want complete control. Inspired by IFTTT, Huginn focuses on event-driven workflows: monitoring websites, scraping data, parsing RSS feeds, and triggering actions based on conditions. The platform is 100% free to run on your own infrastructure.\n\nHuginn excels at data collection and monitoring tasks that many cloud tools struggle with. Deploy on Railway for ~$5-10/month including database, or on any VPS. Perfect for founders building content monitoring systems, data pipelines, and workflow automation without relying on third-party infrastructure.

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