Automa is a free, open source automation project written in Vue and released under a custom open-source licence. It has 21,624 GitHub stars, 2,340 forks and 377 open issues, and was last pushed 7 months ago. On this registry it ranks #8 of 54 tracked projects in Automation, with 5 head-to-head comparisons available. It gained 10 stars over the last 6 tracked days.
Automa browser extension. Automate browser by connect blocks. Vue project. Chrome and Firefox ecosystem. Problem: repeat browser tasks take time. User make workflow with blocks. No code write. Workflows do form fill, repetitive task, screenshot, scrape website data. Can schedule when automation execute. Marketplace share and download workflow. Automa Chrome Extension Builder make standalone Chrome extension from Automa workflow. Project lives as browser extension, not hosted automation service. The project also lists Chrome and Firefox extension downloads.
Concrete problem: browser work often manual. Automa gives visual block workflow. User connect blocks, run inside browser. It also lets user share workflow, download workflow, and package workflow as Chrome extension. This covers repetitive browser action, data collection, form work, scheduled runs.
Install Automa from Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons; for local build, create getPassKey.js in src/utils, run pnpm install, then use pnpm dev, pnpm build, pnpm build:zip, pnpm dev:firefox, pnpm build:firefox, or pnpm lint. Load automa/build in Chrome, or load manifest.json in Firefox.
Use Automa when work happen inside browser and task fit block workflow, especially form fill, repetitive task, screenshot, scrape website data, or scheduled browser run. It fit user want extension workflow, not separate automation service. Less fit when task need run outside browser, because fact describe browser extension and build process, not hosted platform; mixed AGPL and commercial license plus manual load and build step require review.
An extension for automating your browser by connecting blocks.
Auto-fill forms, do a repetitive task, take a screenshot, or scrape website data — the choice is yours. You can even schedule when the automation will execute!
Chrome Web Store |
Firefox Add-ons |
Browse the Automa marketplace where you can share and download workflows with others. Go to the marketplace »
Automa Chrome Extension Builder (Automa CEB for short) allows you to generate a standalone chrome extension based on Automa workflows. Go to the documentation »
Before running the yarn dev or yarn build script, you need to create the getPassKey.js file in the src/utils directory. Inside the file write
export default function() {
return 'anything-you-want';
}
# Install dependencies
pnpm install
# Compiles and hot-reloads for development for the chrome browser
pnpm dev
# Compiles and minifies for production for the chrome browser
pnpm build
# Create a zip file from the build folder
pnpm build:zip
# Compiles and hot-reloads for development for the firefox browser
pnpm dev:firefox
# Compiles and minifies for production for the firefox browser
pnpm build:firefox
# Lints and fixes files
pnpm lint
v-remixicon/icons: https://preview-v-remixicon.vercel.app/
automa/build directory and select it.
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.automa/build directory and select the manifest.json file.
Thanks to everyone who has submitted issues, made suggestions, and generally helped make this a better project.
Source code in this repository is variously licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL), or the Automa Commercial License.
See LICENSE.txt for details.
Automa is open source. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.
Build AI agents and RPA workflows without writing code
Automa is primarily written in Vue. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/automaapp/automa, and it has 21,624 GitHub stars.