Brilliant Directories vs N8n
N8n scores 6 points higher — a narrow lead. Read the evidence rows below before treating it as decisive. Both are measured the same way, on the same day, from public evidence only — so this is a comparison of two measurements rather than two marketing pages. How we measure ›
| Brilliant Directories | N8n | what it means | |
|---|---|---|---|
| tashan score | 73 | 79 | upkeep + freshness, gated by adoption |
| Adoption evidence | 9k/wk | 122k/wk | the raw public signal the score came from |
| Last release | active | active | npm publish or repo push |
| Upkeep | 72 | 72 | cadence, maintainers, status |
| Expertise grade | solid | solid | an LLM read of its own documentation against a fixed rubric |
| Security audit | no known advisories | no known advisories | a summary — the full audit, free, is on each dossier |
| Licence | — | — | |
| Maintainers | one primary | one primary | bus-factor risk |
Install either
Brilliant Directories
claude mcp add brilliant-directories -- npx -y brilliant-directories-mcpN8n
claude mcp add n8n -- npx -y n8n-mcpNeither score is a security verdict — "well maintained" and "nothing known is wrong" are different claims, which is why the audit is a separate row and never folded into the number. The full audit for each — the advisory ids, the version that fixes them and anything that runs at install time — is free on its own page: Brilliant Directories · N8n.
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