# Can't discover my locally installed created Node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-discover-my-locally-installed-created-node/28427>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [16 June 2020 19:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-discover-my-locally-installed-created-node/28427 "2020-06-16T19:23:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![karlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@karlo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/karlo)\
**Post date:** [16 June 2020 19:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-discover-my-locally-installed-created-node/28427/1 "2020-06-16T19:23:07Z")

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Hey,

I created a node and locally installed it in my `~/.node-red` with npm install . No Error happend and I can see a link to the installed folder in node\_modules.

But I can't find the node in my node palette. What is the problem?

Thank you for your help!

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [16 June 2020 20:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-discover-my-locally-installed-created-node/28427/2 "2020-06-16T20:59:26Z")

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Have you restarted node-red since you installed it. That is necessary when installing with npm.  
Otherwise, have you included a node-red section in its package.json? I am not certain but I suspect if that is missing it could cause that problem.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [15 August 2020 19:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-discover-my-locally-installed-created-node/28427/3 "2020-08-15T19:23:31Z")

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