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Node-RED

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

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 covers the editor, and the library at flows.nodered.org holds shared nodes and flows.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Node-RED4
Maintained by
Community4
First release
20135

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on10
Install with
npm41213

Releases

Current major version
55
Last release
2026-10-215

Adoption

GitHub stars
23,8066
npm downloads a week
92,4328
Contributors
2527

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-03: links, Categories, Runtime
    nodered.org/
  2. 2026-11-03: links, Written in, License
    github.com/node-red/node-red
  3. 2026-11-03: links
    nodered.org/docs/
  4. 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Maintained by, License, License model, links, Install with
    github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/main/README.md
  5. 2026-11-03: First release, Current major version, Last release
    github.com/node-red/node-red/releases
  6. 2026-11-03: GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/node-red/node-red
  7. 2026-11-03: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/node-red/node-red/contributors
  8. 2026-11-03: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/node-red
  9. 2026-11-03: Admin interface, Content storage
    nodered.org/docs/getting-started/local
  10. 2026-11-03: Runs as
    nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi
  11. 2026-11-03: Minimum runtime
    raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/node-red/5.0.9/package.json
  12. 2026-11-03: Install with
    nodered.org/docs/getting-started/docker
  13. 2026-11-03: Install with
    nodered.org/docs/getting-started/

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