# Import from n8n or Activepieces

Bring workflows over from n8n or Activepieces, or restore a GoRunner export.

## You need

- **An export**: A workflow saved as a `.json` file from n8n, Activepieces or GoRunner. One workflow per file, up to 5 MiB.

## Import

1. In **Workflows**, press **Import**. Or drop the files straight onto the list.
2. Drop your exports, or press to choose files. You can add several.
3. Read each file’s row: how many steps came in, and how many are left to finish.
4. Press **Import**. Inside a folder, the key reads **Import into** and the folder’s name, and the drafts land there.

You should see each file becomes a draft in **Workflows**, or is refused on its own. Nothing runs until you publish it.

## What comes in

- **A step with an app here**: Came in as that app, or as the nearest match.
- **A step with no app here**: An empty step, with its settings kept, for you to replace.
- **A setting with no field here**: Kept as a note on the step.
- **Connections**: Never their secrets. A GoRunner export keeps its connections in the same workspace. Anywhere else, pick or add one for each step.
- **Passwords and tokens typed into steps**: Come in empty. Type them again.
- **A workflow you started by hand**: Comes in with the **Manual** trigger.

Otherwise, a GoRunner export comes in as it was exported.

## Finish with Keel

A draft with steps to finish has **Finish with Keel** on its row. Keel fills in what the file couldn’t carry, on that draft. Or press **Import & finish with Keel** in the import dialog to do both at once. Or open the draft and finish each step yourself.

On Keel’s own page, `/import` opens the same file picker, and `/finish` finishes a draft you already imported.

**Why was a file refused?**

The row says why. Most often the file isn’t a `.json`, it’s over 5 MiB (export one workflow, not a backup), or it holds a list of workflows. Export one workflow at a time and drop each file.

## Check it worked

Open the draft. Each step that needs nothing more shows no warning mark. Press **Test**, then **Publish**.

## For developers

[Preview an import](https://docs.gorunner.io/api/workflows/preview-workflow-import) reads a file and reports what would come in, without saving. [Import a workflow](https://docs.gorunner.io/api/workflows/import-workflow) makes the draft.

## Related

- [What Keel can do](https://docs.gorunner.io/build/keel): Commands, cards and levels · 4 min
- [Test, publish and go back to a version](https://docs.gorunner.io/build/test-and-publish): Make an imported draft live · 5 min
- [When an app isn’t here](https://docs.gorunner.io/apps/when-an-app-isnt-here): Use HTTP Request for any API · 4 min

Source: https://docs.gorunner.io/build/import-workflows