# Install node-red with npm

Low-code programming for event-driven applications. Version 5.0.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:node-red
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g node-red
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:node-red
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red>
- **Version:** 5.0.0
- **Source summary:** Low-code programming for event-driven applications
- **Homepage:** <https://nodered.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/node-red/node-red>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://nodered.org>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/node-red/-/node-red-5.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/node-red/node-red/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-09T09:11:45.368Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-09T09:11:45.368Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- node-red (cli)
- node-red-pi (cli)

## Dependencies

- @node-red/editor-api
- @node-red/nodes
- @node-red/runtime
- @node-red/util
- basic-auth
- bcryptjs
- cors
- express
- fs-extra
- node-red-admin
- nopt
- semver

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 5.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-09
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/node-red/node-red
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for node-red. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 5.0.0, Next: 5.0.0, V1 Maintenance: 1.3.7, V2 Maintenance: 2.2.3, V3 Maintenance: 3.1.15
- **Version Count:** 211
- **Maintainers:** knolleary, dceejay
- **Publisher:** knolleary
- **Engines:** Node: >=22.9
- **Optional Dependencies:** @node-rs/bcrypt
- **Integrity:** sha512-byF2vMxIydpLpIAz2kIcE1nmTGHVYRNBqnCO7m/58xoDg0EleMH9SDAXrcJ7qzcYfbtFXjPG+VhaOMk2CL+UEQ==
- **Shasum:** 47f273ee58ad0794a13da4a89933ca295b1bc93a
- **Unpacked Size:** 106,724
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-09-27T08:58:20.436Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-09T09:11:45.368Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-09T09:15:02.798Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - node-red: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/node-red/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [node-red](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node-red/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: applications, automation, cli, code, driven.
- [node-red-admin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-red-admin/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: admin, automation, bcryptjs, cli, node.
- [n8n-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/n8n-mcp/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, cli, express, productivity, workflow.
- [node-red](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node-red/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph