Open-source Tungsten Automation alternatives

AstronRPA is a robotic process automation desktop application aimed at individuals and enterprises. Through a visual designer it supports low-code and no-code development, letting users build workflows that automate desktop software and web pages. It is published by iFlytek as part of its Astron family.

The project is described as agent-ready: Astron Agent, the native agent platform supported by this project, can call RPA workflow nodes, and agent workflows can in turn be used inside AstronRPA, so automation and AI reasoning can cooperate. Repository topics mention MCP, large language models, data privacy, on-premise deployment, security compliance and self-hosting. A deployment guide, user documentation and FAQ are provided in English and Chinese.

AstronRPA is written in Python and licensed under Apache-2.0. It can be run on your own infrastructure, which suits enterprises with privacy or compliance requirements. It is aimed at teams automating repetitive office and back-office tasks.

Joget is an application platform that combines rapid application development, business process automation and workflow management in a visual, web-based builder. Business and technical teams can use it together to build full enterprise applications without much hand coding, aiming to shorten delivery from months to weeks or days. Apps built on it are mobile ready and cloud ready, and the platform offers APIs for integration and a plugin architecture for extension.

The README describes a marketplace where ready-made apps, plugins and templates can be downloaded, along with a community Q&A forum, a knowledge base, video tutorials, an online academy and translations in more than twenty languages. Deployment is flexible: on-premise, on-demand cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, OpenShift and several cloud marketplaces are listed.

Licensing is split. Joget Community Edition is released under GPL version 3, while the Professional, Enterprise and Large Enterprise editions are covered by a commercial end-user license agreement. The core is written in Java. It suits organizations that want to digitize processes such as approvals and forms with a platform they can run themselves.