← Back to Awesome

Sections

Node-RED

GitHub repository ↗ synced 2026/8/9

Awesome Node-RED Awesome

Curated list of useful resources for Node-RED.

Node-RED is a programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.

It provides a browser-based editor that makes it easy to wire together flows using the wide range of nodes in the palette that can be deployed to its runtime in a single-click.

Installation

Running locally
Running under Docker
c't-Smart-Home

A ready-to-use setup for home automation maintained by [german computer magazine c't](https://www.ct.de/smarthome).

Home Assistant Community Add-on

Starts an instance within Home Assistant and communicates with it.

ioBroker node-red Adapter

Starts an instance within ioBroker and communicates with it.

openHAB running on openHABian

Install Node-RED using openhab-config from command line, choose it from "Optional Components".

RedMatic

Install Node-RED on a CCU3, smart home automation hardware from the manufacturer eQ-3, popular especially in Germany.

Documentation

Getting Started
FAQ
Tutorials
User Guide

Nodes

Analysis

badwords

Analyses the payload and tries to filter out any messages containing bad swear words. This only operates on payloads of type string. Everything else is blocked.

wordpos

Analyses the payload and classifies the part-of-speech of each word. The resulting message has msg.pos added with the results. A word may appear in multiple categories (eg, 'great' is both a noun and an adjective).

Database

influxdb

Save and query data from an InfluxDB time series database.

mssql-plus

Execute queries, stored procedures and bulk inserts in Microsoft SQL Server and Azure Databases SQL2000 ~ SQL2019.

stackhero-influxdb-v2

Save and query data from an InfluxDB v2 time series database.

stackhero-mysql

Connect to a MySQL or a MariaDB database, using TLS (SSL) and compatible with "Caching SHA2 password" authentication method (MySQL >= 8).

leveldb

Uses LevelDB for a simple key value pair database.

mysql

Allows basic access to a MySQL database.

sqlite

Supports read and write to a local sqlite database.

Development

typescript-starter

Quick-start template repository for creating new node sets in TypeScript.

Function

datagenerater

Generate dummy data in various formats, names, addresses, emails, numbers, words, etc.

pidcontrol

A PID control node for numeric inputs - provides simple controll loop feedback capability.

random

Random number generator - can generate integers for x to y - or floats between x and y.

rbe

Provide report by exception and deadband / bandgap capability for simple inputs.

smooth

Provide various functions across several previous values, including max, min, mean, high and low pass filters.

Hardware

arduino

Uses firmata protocol to talk to the board.

beaglebone

Nodes for the [Beaglebone Black](https://beagleboard.org/black).

blink1

[Blink1](https://blink1.thingm.com/) USB LED from ThingM.

blinkstick

[BlinkStick](https://www.blinkstick.com/) USB LED device.

digirgb

DigiSpark RGB USB LED.

heatmiser

Temperature and frost protection for Heatmiser thermostats.

intel-galileo

A collection for the Intel Galileo and Edison.

ledborg

[LEDborg](https://www.piborg.org/ledborg) plug on module.

makeymakey

Read from a [MakeyMakey](http://www.makeymakey.com/) input device.

pi-gpiod

An alternative to the default PI GPIO nodes that allows remote access.

pi-mcp3008

Read from MCP300x series Analogue to Digital Converter chips via the SPI bus.

pi-neopixel

Drive a strip of NeoPixels directly.

pi-unicorn-hat

Controls a Pimorini Unicorn HAT 8x8 LED display.

pibrella

Controls a [Pibrella](https://pibrella.com/) add-on board.

piface

[PiFace](https://www.piface.org.uk/) interface module.

piliter

Controls a Pimorini Pi-LITEr 8 LED add-on board.

sensortag

Reads data from the Ti Bluetooth Low Energy SensorTag device.

wemo

Drive a [WeMo](https://www.belkin.com/us/Products/home-automation/c/wemo-home-automation/) socket and switch.

scanBLE

Scans for a particular Bluetooth Low Energy device.

I/O

discovery

Discovers other Avahi/Bonjour services on the network.

emoncms

Post to an [Emoncms](https://emoncms.org/) server.

noble-bluetooth

Based on noble for interaction with Bluetooth Low Energy devices.

mindconnect

Upload timeseries, files and events to MindSphere.

modbus

All in one Modbus TCP and Serial package.

mqlight

Adds nodes to send and receive using MQlight.

ping

Pings a machine and returns the trip time in mS.

s7

Interact with Siemens S7 PLCs.

serialport

Send messages to and receive messages from a physical serial port.

snmp

SNMP receivers for single OIDs or OID tables.

stomp

Publish and subscribe to and from a [STOMP server](https://stomp.github.io/implementations.html#STOMP_Servers).

wol

Sends a Wake-On-LAN magic packet to the mac address specified.

xiaomi-ble

Single "Xiaomi BLE" node that gets all known data from Xiaomi BLE (Bluetooth 4).

Image processing

image-output

Simple image output node. Useful for previewing images (of face detecting, object recognition etc.) inside the flow editor.

image-tools

Editing images, building and decoding 2D and 3D barcodes.

Parsers

base64

Converts a payload to/from base64 encoded format.

buffer-parser

Converts values to and from buffer/array. Supports Big/Little Endian, BCD, byte swapping and much more.

geohash

Converts a lat, lon payload to/from geohash format.

msgpack

Converts a payload to/from msgpack binary packed format.

what3words

Encodes or Decodes a lat, lon position into what3words text format.

Smarthome

alexa-home

Connect with Alexa just wihtin the local network - no extra cloud stuff is required.

alexa-home-skill-v3

Controls things via Alexa and Google Home.

alexa-remote2-applestrudel

Interacting with the Alexa API. Emulates routine behaviour, control and query your devices.

avr-yamaha

Integrate and control YAMAHA™ audio/video receiver via YNCA protocol.

ccu

Connect with Homematic, a series of smart home automation hardware from the manufacturer eQ-3, popular especially in Germany.

deconz

Access Zigbee 3.0 (Z30), Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) and Zigbee Light Link (ZLL) lights via deCONZ.

fritz

Provides easy access to your AVM Fritz!Box. Read and write the configuration including the VoIP and Dect configuration.

fritzapi

Controls smart home DECT devices and guest wifi through an AVM Fritz!Box.

harmony

Controls devices connected to a Logitech™ Harmony Hub.

home-assistant

Connect with Home Assistant.

home-assistant-websocket

Various nodes using websockets to assist in setting up communication with Home Assistant.

homebridge-automation

Integrate Homebridge Accessories into flows.

homee

Access the homee api and create virtual devices for homee.

homekit-bridged

Imitate HomeKit devices.

hubitat

Connect with Hubitat.

huemagic

Controls Philips Hue bridges, lights, groups, scenes, rules, taps, switches, buttons, motion sensors, temperature sensors and Lux sensors.

lgtv

Controls LG webOS Smart TVs.

loxone

Connect to the Loxone Miniserver.

knx-ultimate

Controls KNX intallation. With optional ETS group address importer and gateway simulation.

openhab3

Integration of openHAB item states and commands.

power-saver

Automatically save money on variable electricity prices.

smartnora

Google smart home Action integration via Smart NORA.

sonos-plus

Controls Sonos player in your local network.

tado-client

Connect to the Tado Web API.

tahoma

Controls a Somfy Tahoma box (Roller shutters, etc.).

tasmota

Tasmota devices integration for building automation.

tuya-smart

Interface with smart plugs, bulbs, etc. from tuya.

zigbee

Controls Zigbee Devices via a CC253x Module.

zigbee2mqtt

Zigbee2mqtt connectivity.

zwave-js

Integrates Z-Wave node based on Z-Wave JS.

  • alexa-home-skill-v3-web - Web Service for Alexa and Google Home.
    • alexa-home-skill-v3-lambda - Lambda function for node-red-alexa-home-skill-v3-web.

Social

chatbot

Full featured chat bot for Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Viber, Twilio and Slack.

discord-advanced

Interact with Discord, via Discord.js.

dweetio

Uses [dweetio](https://dweet.io/) to send/receive messages.

email

Sends and receives simple emails from services like gmail or smtp or imap servers.

feedparser

Reads messages from an atom or rss feed.

irc

Connect to an IRC server to send and receive messages.

notify

Uses [Growl](https://growl.info/) to provide a desktop popup. Only useful on the local Apple machine.

prowl

Uses [Prowl](https://www.prowlapp.com/) to push to an Apple device that has the Prowl app installed.

pushbullet

Uses [PushBullet](https://www.pushbullet.com/) to push an Android device that has the app installed.

pusher

Publish-Subscribe to a [Pusher](https://pusher.com/) channel/event.

pushover

Sends alerts via [Pushover](https://pushover.net/).

PushStaq

Send real time alerts using Push Notifications from your Node-Red flows to any device with [PushStaq](https://www.pushstaq.com).

slack

Interact with the Slack API.

sms77

Uses [sms77](https://www.sms77.io/) service for SMS, text-to-speech calls and number lookups.

telegrambot

Contains a receiver and a sender node which act as a Telegram Bot.

twilio

Uses [Twilio](https://www.twilio.com/) service to send/receive text messages.

whin

Send and receive whatsapps from within a nodered flow.

xmpp

Connect to an XMPP server to send and receive messages.

open-wa (whatsapp)

Efficiently connect to remote instances of your open-wa whatsapp automate servers.

System

aedes

MQTT Broker based on Aedes.

dockerode

Connect to Docker daemon.

os

Obtain system information.

Time

blindcontroller

Automate the control of household roller blinds based on the current position of the sun.

bigtimer

Timing node with support for dusk/sunset dawn/sunrise and variations also day/week/month (and special days) control. The node offers outputs suitable for MQTT, speech and databases.

cron-plus

A flexible scheduler (cron, solar events, simple dates) node with full dynamic control and Timezone support.

suncalc

Uses the suncalc module to generate an output at sunrise and sunset based on a specified location.

simpletime

Adds time and date payloads with various formatting options, which can be retreived and used later in the flow.

sun-position

Timer based flow control with dusk, dawn (and variations) and much more. Additional you can get sun and moon position or to control a flow by sun or moon position.

timeswitch

Lets the user set simple repeating timers for example for simple heating control, etc.

Utility

actionflows

Brings easy to use loops and OOP (object oriented programming) features.

alarm

Build your own home alarm system with any number of panels, zones, sensors, triggers and automations.

bool-gate

Boolean logic gates.

daemon

Starts up (calls) a long running system program and pipes STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR to and from that process.

exif

Extracts GPS and other EXIF information from a passed in jpeg image.

german-holidays

Getting german holidays or information if today/tomorrow is a holiday.

ical-events

Get events from an ical-URL, a caldav-server or from iCloud via [kalender-events](https://github.com/naimo84/kalender-events).

interval-length

Measure the (time) interval length between successive messages.

moment

Produces a nicely formatted Date/Time string using the Moment.js library.

owntracks

Converts Owntrack Messages into standard geo message and deals with encrypted locations.

persist

Persist data over Node-RED restarts and deploys.

self-healing

Making Node-RED more resilient by adding self-healing capabilities.

state-machine

Wraps around the JavaScript State Machine to implement a finite state machine.

string

Provides native and extended chainable JavaScript string parsing and manipulation methods.

twc-weather

The Weather Company and Weather Underground Personal Weather Station APIs.

users

Quickly build a very simple user access control for HTTP-based flows.

watson

Interact with the IBM Watson services in IBM Cloud.

UI

browser-utils

Add browser functionality such as file upload, camera & microphone.

node-red-dashboard

Create a live data dashboard.

flow-manager

Separates flow json to multiple files.

iglass

Interaction with [iGlass Automation](https://iglass.international) blocks.

uibuilder

Create dynamic web interfaces using any (or no) front end libraries for convenience.

web-worldmap

Provide a world map web page for plotting "things" on.

  • https://flows.nodered.org/collection - Dashboard extra nodes.
    • ui-svg - Show interactive SVG (vector graphics) in the dashboard.
    • ui-contextmenu - Show a popup contextmenu in the dashboard.

Community

HomeAssistant Forum
Node-RED Forum
Node-RED Blog
Node-RED User Group Japan
Reddit
Redmatic Forum
Slack
Stack Overflow
Steves Node-RED Guide
Twitter
YouTube