Database structure#

This page describes the purpose of each table in the n8n database.

Database and query technology#

By default, n8n uses SQLite as the database. If you are using another database the structure will be similar, but the data-types may be different depending on the database.

n8n uses TypeORM for queries and migrations.

To inspect the n8n database, you can use DBeaver, which is an open-source universal database tool.

Tables#

These are the tables n8n creates during setup.

auth_identity#

Stores details of external authentication providers when using SAML.

auth_provider_sync_history#

Stores the history of a SAML connection.

credentials_entity#

Stores the credentials used to authenticate with integrations.

event_destinations#

Contains the destination configurations for Log streaming.

execution_data#

Contains the workflow at time of running, and the execution data.

execution_entity#

Stores all saved workflow executions. Workflow settings can affect which executions n8n saves.

execution_metadata#

Stores Custom executions data.

installed_nodes#

Lists the community nodes installed in your n8n instance.

installed_packages#

Details of npm community nodes packages installed in your n8n instance. installed_nodes lists each individual node. installed_packages lists npm packages, which may contain more than one node.

migrations#

A log of all database migrations. Read more about Migrations in TypeORM's documentation.

role#

The available user roles and scopes in n8n. One user may have several roles: for example, a global instance member may also be a workflow owner.

settings#

Records custom instance settings. These are settings that you can't control using environment variables. They include:

Whether the instance owner is set up
Whether the user chose to skip owner and user management setup
License key

shared_credentials#

Maps credentials to users.

shared_workflow#

Maps workflows to users.

tag_entity#

All workflow tags created in the n8n instance. This table lists the tags. workflows_tags records which workflows have which tags.

user#

Contains user data.

variables#

Store variables.

webhook_entity#

Records the active webhooks in your n8n instance's workflows. This isn't just webhooks uses in the Webhook node. It includes all active webhooks used by any trigger node.

workflow_entity#

Your n8n instance's saved workflows.

workflow_history#

Store previous versions of workflows.

workflow_statistics#

Counts workflow IDs and their status.

workflows_tags#

Maps tags to workflows. tag_entity contains tag details.