Spreadsheets, cron jobs on a forgotten server, and “just one more script” — that is how most teams start automating. It works until someone leaves, an API URL changes in twelve places, or nobody remembers why a batch job runs at 3 AM.
Nodlyn is visual automation you run on your own infrastructure: drag triggers and actions onto a canvas, test safely, approve what goes to production, and monitor runs in one place. No boilerplate glue code. No requirement to ship your data through a third-party cloud.
Who Nodlyn is for
- Operations & IT — webhooks, schedules, file drops, notifications, ticketing.
- Engineering & DevOps — pipelines, health checks, edge gateways, industrial protocols.
- Business teams — approvals, invoices, CRM updates — with human gates where it matters.
- IoT & facilities — MQTT, Modbus, discovery for Matter, Zigbee, Z-Wave, CAN Bus — on-prem first.
You do not need to be a developer. You do need clarity about what should happen when an event fires — that is what the canvas is for.
What you get on day one
Download Studio, open a blank workflow, and connect a trigger to an action in minutes. Use Dry Run to rehearse side effects before anything hits production. Browse 246+ templates if you prefer starting from a real scenario instead of a blank page.
When you are ready for depth, the in-app AI Assistant helps you describe flows in plain English and load templates onto the canvas. Read our AI Workflow Assistant guide for how teams use it in practice.
Local-first, cloud when you want it
Credentials and workflow graphs stay on your machine by default. That matters for factories, healthcare-adjacent workflows, and any environment where “send everything to a SaaS” is a non-starter. See why local-first automation matters.
Optional cloud hosting and remote monitoring exist when you need 24/7 uptime — but the product is not built around renting your data back to you.
From idea to production
Nodlyn treats automation like software: draft → validate → approve → activate. Dangerous steps can require human approval. Operators see history, failures, and schedules in the Jobs panel — not scattered log files.
Need the same workflow on a factory PC without Studio installed? Export a runtime agent and run headless at the edge.
Start building
- Download Nodlyn for Windows (Linux and macOS builds available).
- Open Studio and explore the template library.
- Ask the Assistant: “Build a webhook that logs incoming JSON.”
Want a guided walkthrough in the Knowledge Base? See the hands-on tutorial Your First Workflow — step-by-step, Inspector-aligned.
Automation should be visible, testable, and yours. That is what we built Nodlyn for.