n8n Nod at a glance
n8n Labs released Nod on November 10, 2026: a free, open-source personal agent that runs on your own Mac or Windows computer, works in your apps and on websites with its own browser, and asks before it sends, pays or deletes anything. You bring your own AI provider.
What changed with n8n Nod
n8n Labs, a new experiments team inside n8n, released Nod as a research preview on November 10, 2026. Nod is a standalone open-source personal agent — separate from the n8n workflow platform, and no n8n account is required — that runs on your own computer, for Mac and Windows. It has its own sandboxed computer and browser, so it can finish jobs inside the apps you connect, such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Slack, and on websites that have no integration at all. The code is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence.
You talk to Nod in one conversation, in the app or over Telegram or WhatsApp, while it runs several jobs in parallel; repeating jobs, like a morning brief or a price watch, can run on a schedule. It asks for approval before actions such as sending, paying, posting or deleting, keeps a log of what it did, and remembers months of conversation — n8n says it scored 93.2% on LongMemEval, a public benchmark for long-term memory, among the best published results. Nod is free; you connect your own AI provider with an API key or a ChatGPT plan and pay that provider's usage, or run a local open-source model.
n8n Nod in numbers
Values are copied from the linked source on the date shown. They are not IA Compa measurements.
- Long-term memory score on LongMemEval (n8n)as of · Source for Long-term memory score on LongMemEval (n8n): blog.n8n.io (opens in a new tab)
- 93.2%
Where to compare n8n Nod
Independent leaderboards and official resources for comparing this model yourself. Rankings change often; each site shows its own current data.
Why n8n Nod matters for businesses
Why it matters: personal agents are splitting off from team automation. Where n8n runs a business's shared processes, Nod targets the solo operator's own inbox, invoices and follow-ups — locally, with your choice of model and no extra subscription. For agencies, it is a free, open-source reference point for what clients will soon expect an agent to do on their own machines.
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Sources for this story
- Meet Nod: a standalone personal agent from n8n Labs that runs on your computer (opens in a new tab)Official
n8n Blog · blog.n8n.io
- n8n-io/nod: open source personal agent with its own computer (opens in a new tab)Official
GitHub · github.com
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