# Node-RED

Browser-based flow editor and Node.js runtime for building event-driven applications that connect devices, services and data.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/node-red/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://nodered.org
- repository: https://github.com/node-red/node-red
- docs: https://nodered.org/docs/
- plugins: https://flows.nodered.org
- x: https://twitter.com/nodered
- mastodon: https://social.nodered.org/@nodered
- forum: https://discourse.nodered.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Node-RED
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 23806
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 92432
- contributors: 252
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://nodered.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/node-red/node-red (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://nodered.org/docs/ (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://nodered.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/node-red/node-red (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://nodered.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/node-red/node-red (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/node-red/node-red (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/node-red/node-red/contributors (read 2026-11-03)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/node-red (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/local (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/node-red/5.0.9/package.json (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/docker (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/ (read 2026-11-03)
- contentStore: https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/local (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Node-RED is a browser-based flow editor that runs on Node.js. People wire devices, services and data together as flows, and the runtime keeps those flows running as a server. Flows can expose HTTP endpoints through HTTP In nodes, which an application or website can call, and those routes can be secured with basic authentication. The flows themselves are stored in a flows file. The project documents installs with npm, Docker and an install script for the Raspberry Pi, the [documentation](https://nodered.org/docs/) covers the editor, and the library at [flows.nodered.org](https://flows.nodered.org) holds shared nodes and flows.

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