autoMate vs Skyvern
autoMate and Skyvern are both robotic process automation software. AutoMate is open source under MIT, with 4k GitHub stars. Skyvern is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 23k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick autoMate when
- You want to experiment with an AI agent driving your own PC for repetitive tasks.
- 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 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.
Automates browser workflows with LLMs and computer vision, filling forms and navigating sites from instructions rather than brittle selectors.
Desktop agents make mistakes and can take unintended actions, so keep them away from important accounts.
AGPL license, LLM costs per run, and results are less predictable than scripted automation.
Experimental
Usable
Desktop app
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Python and FastAPI
Python, TypeScript, Playwright and PostgreSQL
Open source, MIT (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.
4k GitHub stars
23k GitHub stars
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v4.6.0.
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.