Activepieces trends on GitHub: open-source Zapier alternative with 280+ components usable as MCP servers

Activepieces is an automation platform with an MIT-licensed community edition, positioned as an open-source Zapier alternative. Its components (Pieces) are written in TypeScript and published as npm packages. All 280+ components can act as MCP servers callable by LLMs through Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf; about 60% were contributed by the community. The platform offers 200+ integrations covering services like Google Sheets, OpenAI, Discord, and RSS, with support for loops, branches, automatic retries, HTTP requests, and calling AI within code components, plus full versioning for flows. For developers building agents in Claude Desktop or Cursor, this means not having to write an MCP wrapper for every tool from scratch—you can directly reuse published npm components to connect external services. Internal automation teams can also self-host and deploy in isolated networks, letting developers configure tools while non-technical members build flows via a no-code interface. Enterprise features use a commercial license and differ from the community edition, so check the official feature comparison page when choosing.