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Huginn vs Windmill
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| Fact | Huginn | Windmill |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Ruby | Rust |
| Licence | MIT | Other |
| Stars | 50k | 18k |
| Latest | v2026.10.04 | v1.825.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-04 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 6 days between releases | about 1 day between releases |
| Active contributors | 4 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 9+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
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PartialHuginnAgents that watch the web and act on events, configured in JSON.
PartialWindmillFlows built from scripts in Python, TypeScript, Go and others, with generated UIs.
Huginn
- v2026.10.042026-10-04Upgrade to json 3.0.2, which rejects duplicate object keys and JavaScript-style comments by default.
- v2026.09.222026-09-21Restrict legacy JSONPath method calls to an allowlist for JSON value types. The guard also covers filters, computed in…
- v2026.09.212026-09-20This release improves recovery from stalled background jobs, adds opt-in proxy routing for individual Agents, and updat…
- v2026.09.092026-09-08This release adds a way to keep Agents from reaching internal addresses on shared instances, and hardens several defaul…
- v2026.09.082026-09-08This security release fixes three issues:
Windmill
- v1.825.02026-10-06choose build with AI or code when creating a raw app (#11560) (431f861)
- v1.824.12026-10-05keep monaco's diff engine out of the app shell bundle (#11542) (0908dee)
- v1.824.02026-10-05add an AI decision flow step (TypeSafe's Jev, Cloudflare's Clef) (#11474) (3cba8a7)
- v1.823.12026-10-05python results with a KeyError-raising getattr fail the job (#11517) (3fff1bd)
- v1.823.02026-10-04redesign the service logs page (#11506) (0f65df2)
Huginn
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Windmill
✓ signed The latest release, v1.825.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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