AstronRPA vs Nintex
AstronRPA and Nintex are both robotic process automation software. AstronRPA is open source under Apache-2.0, with 5.3k GitHub stars. Nintex is a commercial product from Nintex.
Which to pick
- Pick AstronRPA when
- You need open-source desktop automation on Windows, especially against Chinese business software like Kingdee or YonYou.
- Pick Nintex when
- A larger organisation on Microsoft 365 or with on-premises requirements wants IT-built workflows with formal approvals.
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.
Enterprise forms and workflow with task assignment, delegation, escalation after a set time and multi-party approvals, long used on SharePoint and available in the cloud or on premises.
Young project with a China-centred focus, and the server side adds deployment work beyond the desktop client.
It is a designer tool for IT teams, not something a small team sets up in an afternoon.
Usable
Production-ready
Desktop app and self-hosted server
Cloud service and self-hosted server
Python, Java and TypeScript
Not published
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Closed source, sold by Nintex
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
5.3k GitHub stars
No Wikipedia article of its own
Young: started 13 months ago, latest release v1.1.7.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.