AstronRPA vs autoMate
AstronRPA and autoMate are both robotic process automation software. AstronRPA is open source under Apache-2.0, with 5.3k GitHub stars. AutoMate is open source under MIT, with 4k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick AstronRPA when
- You need open-source desktop automation on Windows, especially against Chinese business software like Kingdee or YonYou.
- Pick autoMate when
- You want to experiment with an AI agent driving your own PC for repetitive tasks.
Side by side
A desktop RPA application with a visual designer and 300+ prebuilt actions for automating Windows apps, Office/WPS, Chinese ERP systems and browsers.
A local computer-use agent that takes natural-language instructions and operates the desktop using screen parsing and LLMs such as DeepSeek, OpenAI or Ollama models.
Young project with a China-centred focus, and the server side adds deployment work beyond the desktop client.
Desktop agents make mistakes and can take unintended actions, so keep them away from important accounts.
Usable
Experimental
Desktop app and self-hosted server
Desktop app
Python, Java and TypeScript
Python and FastAPI
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Open source, MIT (permissive)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
5.3k GitHub stars
4k GitHub stars
Young: started 13 months ago, latest release v1.1.7.
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v4.6.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.