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title: "Node-RED Companion"
description: "Node-RED Companion is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 17.9k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 26, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/zachowj-hass-node-red"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/zachowj-hass-node-red.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Node-RED Companion

> Node-RED Companion is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 17.9k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 26, 2026.

Node-RED Companion links Node-RED flows with Home Assistant through the node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket package. It lets Node-RED create and update Home Assistant entities, covering binary sensors, buttons, numbers, selects, sensors, switches and text fields. Node-RED flows can be enabled or disabled from the Home Assistant interface. A Home Assistant action sends a message to a Node-RED flow that has been exposed to Home Assistant. Webhooks can be created and managed in Home Assistant and handled in Node-RED, and device triggers and actions can be used in Node-RED automations. It works locally and is added in the Home Assistant interface, after which further configuration happens inside Node-RED.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=zachowj&repository=hass-node-red&category=integration)

On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=zachowj&repository=hass-node-red&category=integration)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

## Actions

- **Trigger a Node-RED flow**: Send a message to a Node-RED flow that has been exposed to Home Assistant.
  Fields: Message, Output Path

## From the README

> Companion Component to node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket for seamless integration of Node-RED with Home Assistant.
>
> - Entity Management:
> - Create and update Home Assistant entities from Node-RED, including:
> - Binary Sensors
> - Buttons
> - Numbers
> - Selects
> - Sensors
> - Switches
> - Text fields
> - Flow Control:
> - Enable or disable Node-RED flows directly from the Home Assistant UI.
> - Webhooks:

From the README of [zachowj/hass-node-red](https://github.com/zachowj/hass-node-red#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## At a glance

- Kind: Marketplace integration
- Category: [Computers and network](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/computers-and-network.md), Cloud and developer tools
- Brand: [Node-RED](https://vulpo.app/integrations/node-red.md)
- Number: 17.9k installs sharing analytics; 584 GitHub stars
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
- Latest version: v4.3.2, last updated October 26, 2026
- Domain: `nodered`
- Source: <https://github.com/zachowj/hass-node-red>
- Issues: <https://github.com/zachowj/hass-node-red/issues>

In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Button card, Select card, Chart card, Apple Watch, Control Center

## Other ways in for Node-RED

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Node-RED](https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/nodered.md) | App | 54.9k installs sharing analytics | Connection not stated | 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 |

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/zachowj-hass-node-red

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