AstronRPA vs Skyvern
AstronRPA and Skyvern are both robotic process automation software. AstronRPA is open source under Apache-2.0, with 5.3k GitHub stars. Skyvern is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 23k 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 Skyvern when
- You need to automate tasks across many websites without APIs, such as portals, quotes or applications, and selector-based scripts keep breaking.
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.
Automates browser workflows with LLMs and computer vision, filling forms and navigating sites from instructions rather than brittle selectors.
Young project with a China-centred focus, and the server side adds deployment work beyond the desktop client.
AGPL license, LLM costs per run, and results are less predictable than scripted automation.
Usable (both)
Desktop app and self-hosted server
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Python, Java and TypeScript
Python, TypeScript, Playwright and PostgreSQL
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
5.3k GitHub stars
23k GitHub stars
Young: started 13 months ago, latest release v1.1.7.
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v1.0.56.
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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.