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**Author:** [@fouadchouag](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fouadchouag)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2025 20:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/source-code-of-node-red/97962 "2025-07-14T20:14:28Z")
Hi everyone, I cloned the Node-RED GitHub repository, but I can’t find the source code in the packages folder. I expected to see folders like node-red-editor-api/ and node-red-editor-client/. Could someone please expla… --- ## [Dashboard 2 ui-audio not playing](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-ui-audio-not-playing/98136)
**Author:** [@Harinath](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Harinath)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2025 17:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-ui-audio-not-playing/98136 "2025-07-14T17:34:26Z")
ui-audio is playing on device where node red server is installed but not playing on dashboard of client page. Is there any issue with multi tenancy of ui-audio. ui-button is working fine. If any example with of ui-audi… --- ## [Dashboard 2: Setting the side navigation bar color and font](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-setting-the-side-navigation-bar-color-and-font/98131)
**Author:** [@rakgupta](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rakgupta)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2025 15:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-setting-the-side-navigation-bar-color-and-font/98131 "2025-07-14T15:48:11Z")
Hello: Experimenting with moving from DB1 to DB2. I've gotten one page to work (almost) but I'm trying to figure out how to replicate the "dark" theme from DB1 for the side navigation panel. DB1 Example: DB2 Exampl… --- ## [Roborock Multi Map Error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/roborock-multi-map-error/98133)
**Author:** [@Mark.Resting](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mark.Resting)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2025 14:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/roborock-multi-map-error/98133 "2025-07-14T14:28:36Z")
Hey all, I remember, this discussion was already somewhere,... but I cand find id anymore :-(. I have node-red-contrib-miio-roborock installed and most of it works fine. But when i try to use "load\_multi\_map" I'm gett… --- ## [Locking down the dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/locking-down-the-dashboard/98088)
**Author:** [@fischgeek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fischgeek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2025 08:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/locking-down-the-dashboard/98088 "2025-07-14T08:34:55Z")
Forgive the ignorance but... Is there any other way of locking down the dashboard per user other than paying for FlowFuse? I get that Dashboard 2.0 is a FlowFuse product, but there must be a way to do this other than bu… --- ## [Nodered need support email custom From(Nickname)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-need-support-email-custom-from-nickname/98031)
**Author:** [@lozn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lozn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2025 06:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-need-support-email-custom-from-nickname/98031 "2025-07-14T06:06:29Z")
--- ## [UI-Theme - Making Copies of](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-theme-making-copies-of/98122)
**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2025 05:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-theme-making-copies-of/98122 "2025-07-14T05:58:07Z")
I never noticed until recently, but the theme are growing. I am not sure what is causing this. (copy paste of widgets ? or flow examples from forum?). BUT, i actually want this i dont know how it is done. My question… --- ## [How to send a picture through Telegram?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-a-picture-through-telegram/20327)
**Author:** [@Palmhoej](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Palmhoej)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [22 January 2020 07:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-a-picture-through-telegram/20327 "2020-01-22T07:29:08Z")
I am trying to do something very simple, but i just can't get it to work. I want to send a picture of a cat thats stored on my raspberry pi: /home/pi/Pictures/cat.jpg I have the flow like this: And in the function i … --- ## [DB2 - since 1.24.1 onwards - the size of widgets is getting changed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-since-1-24-1-onwards-the-size-of-widgets-is-getting-changed/98103)
**Author:** [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 20:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-since-1-24-1-onwards-the-size-of-widgets-is-getting-changed/98103 "2025-07-13T20:27:49Z")
Hi , I was on DB 1.24.0 I upgraded to 1.24.1 and then to 1.24.2 and then to 1.25 . Post each step i see the issue which seems to have appeared in 1.24.1 - continues to persist. (I have rechecked with each of the new v… --- ## [DB2 - Dashboard sidebar - keeps scrolling to top on every change](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-dashboard-sidebar-keeps-scrolling-to-top-on-every-change/98119)
**Author:** [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 20:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-dashboard-sidebar-keeps-scrolling-to-top-on-every-change/98119 "2025-07-13T20:01:55Z")
Hi I think the issue exists for sometime but i could not see any post on this. Whenever i edit a widget on the dashboard side bar - once the change is done - the dashboard sidebar scrolls to the top. For one off odd i… --- ## [Would you like a vscode extension to work with node-red/flowfuse?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092)
**Author:** [@AllanOricil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AllanOricil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092 "2025-07-13T18:47:05Z")
Which tools/features would you like to see in vscode when working on node-red projects? --- ## [Suggestion: Add forward/backward tab navigation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestion-add-forward-backward-tab-navigation/98113)
**Author:** [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestion-add-forward-backward-tab-navigation/98113 "2025-07-13T15:09:35Z")
Rather like the forward/back for search, it would be great to have a similar feature that navigates between visited flow tabs. This would be very similar to how a browser works in general. In other words, the Editor wou… --- ## [Query: Were custom right-click menu's deployed in Node-RED yet?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/query-were-custom-right-click-menus-deployed-in-node-red-yet/98116)
**Author:** [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 15:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/query-were-custom-right-click-menus-deployed-in-node-red-yet/98116 "2025-07-13T15:05:28Z")
Sorry both my memory and my search-fu letting me down today and I can't find a clear answer. All I found was this: I am finally getting around to implementing uibuilder specific actions - namely opening the website a… --- ## [Serial port in multithreaded flow - how would you solve it?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serial-port-in-multithreaded-flow-how-would-you-solve-it/98112)
**Author:** [@syoma755](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/syoma755)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 13:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serial-port-in-multithreaded-flow-how-would-you-solve-it/98112 "2025-07-13T13:46:09Z")
Hi there I'm currently designing a flow where a serial port is used and need some hint: Serial port is natively a single-threaded thing - e.g. only one character can be sent a a time and the same is for reception. In m… --- ## [Display a list in an ui-template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-a-list-in-an-ui-template/98110)
**Author:** [@duaw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/duaw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 12:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-a-list-in-an-ui-template/98110 "2025-07-13T12:04:22Z")
Hi! I have to use ui-template to display msg.payload. msg.payload ist an array of (at most) 10 objects, each has "time" and "text" I can display msg.payload but I thought I could have a nice list. \ \… --- ## [Help with a project to display real time bus/train time tables](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-a-project-to-display-real-time-bus-train-time-tables/98107)
**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 11:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-a-project-to-display-real-time-bus-train-time-tables/98107 "2025-07-13T11:33:31Z")
I'm bored and am playing with having a dynamic display of bus arrival times from Point 1 to Point 2. I live in Sydney and there is a page which I can use to get the times but it has me curious. This link to get times (… --- ## [Understanding ratelimit per topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/understanding-ratelimit-per-topic/98070)
**Author:** [@waquete](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/waquete)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 10:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/understanding-ratelimit-per-topic/98070 "2025-07-13T10:47:07Z")
I am confused by the delay / rate limit node, not sure it can do what I want. Here is what I wish to: sending message with different topics (say topic1, topic2). rate limit for each topic (say 1 msg per minute). just… --- ## [MQTT vs HTTP request](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-vs-http-request/98075)
**Author:** [@John1995](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/John1995)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 08:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-vs-http-request/98075 "2025-07-13T08:35:25Z")
Hello to everybody, I have got a Raspberry Pi 4 with Node-RED installed. I have set a lot of sensors and I am sending data to my server by means of a HTTP post request. I have on my server both Grafana and Influxdb. I … --- ## [\[tutorial\] Using Google gemini-cli in node-red on headless server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tutorial-using-google-gemini-cli-in-node-red-on-headless-server/98108)
**Author:** [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 07:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tutorial-using-google-gemini-cli-in-node-red-on-headless-server/98108 "2025-07-13T07:20:07Z")
Google recently released gemini-cli, which is an REPL like interface for google's Gemini AI, they are quite generous with their free usage policies (ie. 60 requests per minute, 1K requests per day) and as it is commandl… --- ## [Dashboard 2.0 Gauge Label](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-gauge-label/98097)
**Author:** [@rewegit](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rewegit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 18:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-gauge-label/98097 "2025-07-12T18:15:25Z")
I'm just taking my first steps with Dashboard 2.0. I have a question about the gauge. How can I transfer the label from msg.topic? {{mag.topic}} does not work for me. How else can I proceed? --- ## [Db2 - notification widget stamps current msg with attributes of previous message](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-notification-widget-stamps-current-msg-with-attributes-of-previous-message/98082)
**Author:** [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 18:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-notification-widget-stamps-current-msg-with-attributes-of-previous-message/98082 "2025-07-12T18:00:06Z")
Hi Below is my scenario I have button1 - i click it. It goes to function 55. Function 55 sets an attribute (msg.test) on msg. The msg goes to notification I see it in debug with msg.test. All good. Button 2 does the s… --- ## [Node-red-contrib-tapo-new-api Handshake error 421](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tapo-new-api-handshake-error-421/98101)
**Author:** [@jocwoll](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jocwoll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tapo-new-api-handshake-error-421/98101 "2025-07-12T15:56:19Z")
Hello, can anyone confirm that Tapo P110 HW1.0 with firmware 1.3.1 or newer is working with node-red-contrib-tapo-new-api. I always get a handshake error 421. I as well configured my older Tapo P110s to not update fir… --- ## [DB 2 - Latest update question and layout editor feedback](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db-2-latest-update-question-and-layout-editor-feedback/98096)
**Author:** [@Mrb32](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mrb32)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 15:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db-2-latest-update-question-and-layout-editor-feedback/98096 "2025-07-12T15:27:12Z")
Hi Couple of things: 1- Latest DB 2 update: I have updated Dashboard 2, and this is how the properties panels now looks: Are the tab names supposed to look like that? This doesn't seem right to me. I was messing a… --- ## [How to rearrange UI widgets once in a subflow?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-rearrange-ui-widgets-once-in-a-subflow/98091)
**Author:** [@Mecworks](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mecworks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 15:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-rearrange-ui-widgets-once-in-a-subflow/98091 "2025-07-12T15:11:58Z")
I have a subflow that uses a config node to set the Dashboard 2.0 group. The subflow contains a several number inputs and a text field. I want to add a few widgets to the group which I can do by adding my UI nodes and se… --- ## [Why does ui\_template node create a space in the dashboard layout?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-ui-template-node-create-a-space-in-the-dashboard-layout/98100)
**Author:** [@rakgupta](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rakgupta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 14:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-ui-template-node-create-a-space-in-the-dashboard-layout/98100 "2025-07-12T14:25:28Z")
Is ui\_template supposed to take up real estate on a DB2 page? If so, how can I "hide" that space. Below is an example: ui\_template above a ui-tabulator node ui\_template positioned beiow a ui-tabulator node … --- ## [MQTT Broker in Erlang based on Node-RED code](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-broker-in-erlang-based-on-node-red-code/98087)
**Author:** [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 09:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-broker-in-erlang-based-on-node-red-code/98087 "2025-07-12T09:42:29Z")
Hi There, To prove the point that it's not that hard to duplicate Node-RED in Erlang, here is an Erlang-Red flow based off the work of @cymplecy creating an MQTT Broker in Node-RED. The flow can also be viewed in the s… --- ## [Datepicker for Dashboard 2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/datepicker-for-dashboard-2-0/98095)
**Author:** [@tsuratolya](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tsuratolya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2025 06:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/datepicker-for-dashboard-2-0/98095 "2025-07-12T06:39:56Z")
Hello. I want to make a datepicker using the template node for Dashboard 2.0. It doesn't lead to debug. Who has done this or maybe there is a ready node for Dashboard 2.0? \[ { "id": "7bdf60739e7e5351", … --- ## [Ui-table (Dashboard 1) vs ui-tabulator (Dashboard 2) vs ui-table (Dashboard 2)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-table-dashboard-1-vs-ui-tabulator-dashboard-2-vs-ui-table-dashboard-2/97989)
**Author:** [@rakgupta](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rakgupta)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [11 July 2025 21:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-table-dashboard-1-vs-ui-tabulator-dashboard-2-vs-ui-table-dashboard-2/97989 "2025-07-11T21:16:44Z")
I am starting to plan on moving my Dashboard 1 to Dashboard 2. Currently, I have quite a few pages displaying data in table format using ui-table. If ui-table (Dashboard 1) and ui-tabulator (Dashboard 2) both use the tab… --- ## [More VS Code + GitHub Copilot fun - use current documentation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/more-vs-code-github-copilot-fun-use-current-documentation/98083)
**Author:** [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [11 July 2025 19:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/more-vs-code-github-copilot-fun-use-current-documentation/98083 "2025-07-11T19:42:55Z")
Hi all node devs. Here is today's discovery. If you are using LLM's for coding assistance you may be aware of the latest thing which are MCP Servers. These are API interfaces that allow the AI to easily get hold of mor… --- ## [Dynamically creating widgets with payload in same msg - payload is not always reflected](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamically-creating-widgets-with-payload-in-same-msg-payload-is-not-always-reflected/97966)
**Author:** [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [11 July 2025 14:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamically-creating-widgets-with-payload-in-same-msg-payload-is-not-always-reflected/97966 "2025-07-11T14:37:21Z")
Hi - I face a strange issue . And this is seen on multiple widgets - forms / dropdown etc. I configure multiple widgets (forms etc) using dynamically msg.ui\_update In the same message i also add the payload to msg.payl… [Previous page](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?page=61) [Next page](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?page=63)