Boots the n8n instance, serving the editor UI at http://localhost:5678 and activating the triggers of published workflows. The process stays in the foreground, so run it in a terminal, a systemd unit, or a process manager. Running bare n8n with no arguments behaves the same as n8n start. Stop with Ctrl+C for a graceful shutdown.
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