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 # Home Automation
 - [HomeAssistant](apps/home-automation/home-assistant.md)
 - [Homebridge](apps/home-automation/homebridge.md)
+- [n8n](apps/home-automation/n8n.md) - excellent automation platform.
+
+### Other (not tested)
 - [Beehive](https://github.com/muesli/beehive) 🔗 - flexible event/agent & automation system
 - [Huginn](https://github.com/huginn/huginn) 🔗 - Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf.
 - [Node-RED](https://nodered.org/) 🔗 - Low-code programming for event-driven applications
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 - [Monica](apps/social/monica.md)
 - [Mastodon](apps/social/mastodon.md)
 - [Mattermost](apps/social/mattermost.md)
+- [RocketChat](apps/social/rocketchat.md)
+

 ### Other untested
 - [HumHub](https://www.humhub.com/en) 🔗 - Free social network software and framework.
- [RocketChat](https://docs.rocket.chat/installation/docker-containers/) 🔗 - The Ultimate Communication Hub.
 - [Snikket](https://snikket.org/) 🔗 - Chat that is simple, secure, and private.
 - [Jami](https://jami.net/) 🔗 - Audio & video calls, screen sharing, IM.

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+# n8n
+
+n8n is a free and open node-based Workflow Automation Tool. It can be self-hosted, easily extended, and so also used with internal tools.
+
+---
+
+- [Homepage](https://n8n.io/)
+- [Github repo](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n)
+- [Docs](https://docs.n8n.io/)
+
+
+## Setup
+Create 1 folder and 3 files in the same directory:
+- storage/
+- .env
+- init-data.sh
+- docker-compose.yml
+
+```sh
+touch .env init-data.sh docker-compose.yml
+mkdir storage
+
+chmod +x init-data.sh  # make the init-data.sh executable
+chmod 777 storage      # make sure the storage folder is writable
+```
+
+
+
+## .env
+```conf
+POSTGRES_USER=n8n
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=n8n
+POSTGRES_DB=n8n
+
+POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER=n7n
+POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD=n7n
+```
+
+
+## init-data.sh
+```sh
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e;
+
+if [ -n "${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER:-}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}" ]; then
+	psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-EOSQL
+		CREATE USER ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER} WITH PASSWORD '${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD}';
+		GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${POSTGRES_DB} TO ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER};
+		GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER};
+	EOSQL
+else
+	echo "SETUP INFO: No Environment variables given!"
+fi
+```
+
+
+## docker-compose.yml
+```yml
+---
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:16
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+      - POSTGRES_DB
+      - POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER
+      - POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'pg_isready -h localhost -U ${POSTGRES_USER} -d ${POSTGRES_DB}']
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+    volumes:
+      - ./db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./init-data.sh:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-data.sh
+
+  n8n:
+    image: docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
+      - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
+      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
+      - DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=${POSTGRES_DB}
+      - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER}
+      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD}
+      - N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5678/
+      #- N8N_SECURE_COOKIE=false
+    links:
+      - postgres
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    ports:
+      - 5678:5678
+    volumes:
+      - ./storage:/home/node/.n8n
+```
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+# RocketChat
+
+The Ultimate Communication Hub. A solid option for self-hosted chat and collaboration.
+
+- [Homepage](https://www.rocket.chat)
+- [Documentation](https://docs.rocket.chat/docs/deploy-with-docker-docker-compose)
+- [Github repo](https://github.com/rocketchat/)
+
+
+
+<br>
+
+
+## docker-compose.yml
+```yml
+---
+services:
+  mongodb:
+    # https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/mongodb
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/mongodb:8.0.5
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/bitnami/mongodb
+    environment:
+      MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE: primary
+      MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_NAME: rs0
+      MONGODB_PORT_NUMBER: 27017
+      MONGODB_INITIAL_PRIMARY_HOST: mongodb
+      MONGODB_INITIAL_PRIMARY_PORT_NUMBER: 27017
+      MONGODB_ADVERTISED_HOSTNAME: mongodb
+      MONGODB_ENABLE_JOURNAL: true
+      ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+
+
+  rocketchat:
+    # https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/releases
+    image: registry.rocket.chat/rocketchat/rocket.chat:7.4.0
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      MONGO_URL: "mongodb://mongodb:27017/rocketchat?replicaSet=rs0"
+      MONGO_OPLOG_URL: "mongodb://mongodb:27017/local?replicaSet=rs0"
+      ROOT_URL: http://localhost:3123
+      PORT: 3000
+      DEPLOY_METHOD: docker
+    depends_on:
+      - mongodb
+    expose:
+      - 3000
+    ports:
+      - 3123:3000
+```