BYOAIK (Bring Your Own AI Key) is a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

n8n

Fair-code workflow automation with native AI Agent and LangChain nodes.

Website Source code

Category:
Automation Tools
Maintenance:
Actively developed (last commit today)
Pricing:
Freemium
Open source:
Yes (Sustainable Use License (fair-code, source-available) + n8n Enterprise License)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Web, Self-hosted, Desktop, Library/SDK, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, OpenRouter, Groq, Mistral, Cohere, DeepSeek, xAI Grok, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
Stored locally on device
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
77/100

n8n is a source-available (fair-code) workflow automation platform for technical teams, combining a visual node-based builder with custom code. Its advanced-AI feature set is built on LangChain: an AI Agent node connects to chat-model sub-nodes for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini/Vertex, Azure OpenAI, Mistral, Cohere, Groq, Ollama, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, xAI Grok, AWS Bedrock and more. Each provider has its own credential type where the user pastes their own API key into n8n's encrypted credentials manager and selects it in the model node. Self-hosting keeps keys inside your own instance config and you pay the provider directly with no markup. Available as managed cloud, self-hosted (Docker/npm), and via desktop setups.

Why this trust score (77/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 23/25: The key is held on your own device.
  • Request Routing 17/20: Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 15/20: Source is public, though the licence is unclear or non-standard.
  • Privacy 11/15: Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere. Can be self-hosted, so the data path stays inside infrastructure you control. Analytics or error-reporting libraries are present; what they send was not established.
  • Maintenance 10/10: Actively developed: commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10: Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier RESEARCH_ASSISTED, derived from the evidence below and not set by hand.

  • [REPORTED · RESEARCH] This listing was compiled by an AI-assisted research pass over the tool's public website, README and documentation. No person independently confirmed it.
  • [REPORTED · SOURCE_SCAN] References Sentry, so some analytics or error reporting is present. This scan cannot tell whether it is opt-in or what it sends. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-15, about 0 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

Your API key is stored locally on your device. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Open settings, paste your provider API key, choose a model, and start. The key stays on your device.