Automated n8n Workflow Backup to GitHub with Deletion Tracking

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Built by Marcial Ambriz Marcial Ambriz
Created on June 05, 2026

Description

Remixed Backup your workflows to GitHub from Solomon's work. Check out his templates.

How it works
This workflow will backup your workflows to GitHub. It uses the n8n API node to export all workflows.

It then loops over the data, checks in GitHub to see if a file exists that uses the credential's ID. Once checked it will:

update the file on GitHub if it exists;
create a new file if it doesn't exist;
ignore if it's the same.

In addition, it also checks if any workflows have been deleted from n8n. If a workflow no longer exists in n8n, the corresponding file will be removed from the repository to keep everything in sync.

Who is this for?
People wanting to backup their workflows outside the server for safety purposes or to migrate to another server.

Nodes Used (3)

Code
n8n-nodes-base.code
GitHub
n8n-nodes-base.github
HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest