Aerini

Aerini is an AI workflow automation tool that lets you build automations visually by dragging boxes called nodes onto a canvas, connecting them in order, and running them by hand, on a schedule, or when a web request comes in. It targets repetitive computer tasks — scheduled checks, conditional actions, data transfers — that otherwise need either manual effort or a developer, and it lets non-technical users assemble them without writing code. The distinguishing choice is that Aerini runs locally on your own machine or personal server rather than in the cloud, which keeps data and credentials on infrastructure you control. Concrete features include scheduling and webhook triggers, credential management with OAuth support, version history with rollback, and plugin support via WebAssembly, plus chat integration and widget embedding. Documented example workflows are practical rather than abstract: a morning report, an alert, a webhook receiver, small AI pipelines, and file-and-data shuffling. Aerini is open source and the docs mention no subscription. For BestAIFor readers comparing self-hosted automation tools, Aerini fits self-hosters and ops people who want a local alternative to cloud workflow builders — with the caveat that it is pre-1.0 software whose format and APIs are still changing, runs on a single machine by design, and is not built for enterprise-scale data processing.

Building self-hosted, no-code visual automations for scheduled reports, alerts, webhook receivers, small AI pipelines, and data transfers.