How to Install & Update n8n Locally

n8n is an open source, workflow automation platforms that makes it easy to build automations using a drag & drop interface.
In this n8n tutorial series you will learn how to set up and use n8n, as well as it's powerful AI capabilities to build RAG chatbots and autonomous agents.

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🕒 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro to n8n
01:58 - How to Access n8n
02:40 - How to update n8n locally
03:31 - How to start n8n locally
04:20 - How to update n8n locally
04:53 - n8n dashboard overview
05:14 - n8n Templates
06:42 - Enable dark mode!
08:10 - Outro

[leonvanzyl]

Please hit the like button and subscribe to my channel for n8n content 👍.
Also, what are your thoughts on n8n?

[JunkMail-mnro]

TY—
A lot of of us that have been watching the no-code/low code space carefully had arrived at n8n. We would be very grateful to see you expand on this.

Ideas:
1. Simple design of the Webhook to capture a forwarded audio file and have it summarized.
2. Webhook to capture a YouTube URL, summarize and forward to Notion.

Thank you for taking an interest in the space!

[lorenzograna]

I have been waiting for a good level n8n tutorial for a long time, the time has come.

[legendarystuff]

perfect timing. I just reinstalled my OS and looking to get back into n8n. I am surprised that there aren't more videos about it as it is such a banger

[matttowzey]

Thank you Leon. I have learned greatly from your teaching style. THANK YOU!

[basilbrush]

I've been hoping you would start a series on n8n. I'm particularly interested in its integration with Flowise

[SimonStJohn]

Cant wait for this series..thanks Leon!😊

[Zii]

I was using n8n using their cloud and I wasted so much time cause it was freezing all the time. I installed it locally and it's so smooth!! thanks a lot for your tutorial

[maury]

Great topic! I just planned to seriously start with n8n, after reading its docs and experimenting with its self-hosting.
I hope you can include Coolify as one of the cloud deployment methods. I've learned a lot from your tutorials. Thank you!!

[boramz]

Leon N8N is so underrated and under represented in Tutorial videos. @Leonvanzyl really good to see an excellent and popular youtuber like you take on N8N. Thank you!

[tecnopadre]

Can't wait for those series. I've been struggling with a RAG using local vector storage instead of Pinecone. I can't seem to get it working because of the Q&A answer variable chain.

[fiveofknives]

dude what is this timing! i just started using n8n :) i guess ill just follow along as you post!

[tecnopadre]

I can't beleive it Leon, this weekend I've isntalled n8n for the first time and fighting with it, I'll watch your video, as usual and post some comments. Before that I can tell that after using a lot Flowise, n8n enters on my servers because I can install it locally no cost and has (looks like) more functions around than flowise, even though the learn curve it's slower because of the use of variables. What do you think?

[chipoftheoldblock]

Thanks for the video.

NOTE: On MacBook Air after executing n8n after the install resulted in a: n8n not found. I fixed it by updating the PATH variable as follows:
#-- Adding path to n8n
export

echo "New PATH via .zshrc:" $PATH


In my case as the .zshrc file was not present. I had to create it in the HOME dir.

After updating the PATH, I created a new Terminal window and then n8n was found.

[tamashi]

Thanks so much Leon !!
This is exactly the series I was hoping for ! I was about to learn how to use Make, but I will follow your n8n series with pleasure.
Do you think n8n is as accessible for non-tech profiles as Flowise can be?

[The-ism-of-isms]

N8n is now becoming expensive. I wish you would do an open source alternative like Node red. Imagine flowise + node red combo, isn't it gonna be a killer open source combo.

[hustlecoin]

I see from the docs that you installed it "globally" what do you think the pros and cons in using "npm install n8n -g" instead of "npx n8n"

[Gandelf]

Hi Leon,
followed your instructions to the point and hit KAK. got a module-not-found when I tried to run n8n. can you please help?

[slddive]

So, what's the difference between n8n and Flowise? Is the difference that n8n is applications centric where Flowise is LLM centric?

[ward_jl]

I'm very much looking forward to this series. I'm especially interested in leveraging the strengths of both Flowise (agentic workflows) and n8n (process automation) together.