Rootbrief started as a personal tool. I was running n8n automation pipelines for several projects — news sites, content pipelines, data syncs — and I kept finding out about failures the worst possible way: a client message, a missing report, or manually checking logs at midnight.
n8n is powerful. But it doesn't tell you when things quietly stop working. There was no simple dashboard that showed me "here's what's healthy, here's what broke, here's why — in plain English."
So I built Rootbrief. It watches your workflows 24/7, alerts you the moment something fails or goes silent, and explains what happened in language that anyone — not just developers — can understand.
Rootbrief is an indie project. If you have feedback, questions, or you're having trouble getting set up — I actually read every email.