---
title: "Node-RED"
description: "Node-RED is an app for Home Assistant. It has 54.9k installs sharing analytics and was last updated October 27, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/nodered"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/nodered.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-25"
version: "1.4"
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# Node-RED

> Node-RED is an app for Home Assistant. It has 54.9k installs sharing analytics and was last updated October 27, 2026.

Node-RED is an app that runs the flow-based Node-RED programming tool inside Home Assistant. It provides a browser-based editor where hardware devices, APIs and online services are wired together as flows built from nodes in a palette. Its editor opens as its own page in the Home Assistant sidebar. The app comes pre-configured, so no server connection settings need to be entered. Options cover log verbosity, SSL with certificate and key files, a secret key for encrypting stored credentials, a choice of editor themes, and password protection for HTTP endpoints defined by nodes. It requires Home Assistant OS, runs on aarch64 and amd64, and has access to the Home Assistant and Supervisor APIs.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/supervisor_app/?app=a0d7b954_nodered&repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fhassio-addons%2Frepository)

Apps need Home Assistant OS. Container and Core installs cannot run them.

## Supports

- **Opens in the sidebar**: Its own page opens inside Home Assistant.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

Add its app repository under Settings, Apps, then install and start it.

## From the docs

> 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.

From the docs of [hassio-addons/repository](https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository/blob/HEAD/node-red/DOCS.md), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## Permissions

- **Host network**: Uses the host's network directly instead of its own.
- **Hardware access**: Can reach USB, serial or GPIO devices.
- **Home Assistant API**: Can read and control Home Assistant.
- **Supervisor API**: Can talk to the Supervisor, which manages apps and the system.
- **Sign-in checks**: Can check Home Assistant usernames and passwords.

## Network

- `80/tcp`

## At a glance

- Kind: App
- Brand: [Node-RED](https://vulpo.app/integrations/node-red.md)
- Number: 54.9k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Connection not stated
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs Home Assistant OS
- Runs on: 64-bit ARM, x86-64
- Latest version: 22.2.1, last updated October 27, 2026
- Source: <https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository>

## Other ways in for Node-RED

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Node-RED Companion](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/zachowj-hass-node-red.md) | Marketplace integration | 17.9k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Node-RED](https://github.com/iHost-Open-Source-Project/hassio-ihost-addon) | App | 26 installs sharing analytics | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |

Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. [About these numbers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/about)

Last updated 2026-10-25. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/nodered

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