1. 源码运行

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n?tab=contributing-ov-file

1. Fork the n8n repository.
2. Clone your forked repository:

git clone https://github.com/<your_github_username>/n8n.git

1. Go into repository folder:

cd n8n

1. Add the original n8n repository as upstream to your forked repository:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git

1. Install all dependencies of all modules and link them together:

pnpm install

1. Build all the code:

pnpm build

1.1.1 Start

To start n8n execute:

pnpm start

1.1 Development cycle

While iterating on n8n modules code, you can run pnpm dev. It will then automatically build your code, restart the backend and refresh the frontend (editor-ui) on every change you make.

1.1.1 Basic Development Workflow

1. Start n8n in development mode:

pnpm dev

1. Hack, hack, hack
2. Check if everything still runs in production mode:

pnpm build
pnpm start

1. Create tests
2. Run all tests:

pnpm test

1. Commit code and create a pull request

2. 源码结构