# Categories for Node-RED Library

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/categories-for-node-red-library/66994>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [27 August 2022 08:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/categories-for-node-red-library/66994 "2022-08-27T08:47:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![iiot2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8baadc/32.png) [@iiot2k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iiot2k)\
**Post date:** [27 August 2022 08:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/categories-for-node-red-library/66994/1 "2022-08-27T08:47:22Z")

</div>

Hi guys,

the Node-RED Library has more than 4000 nodes.  
It's hard to find anything.  
Ok, there is the search function with tags.  
My suggestion is to divide the Node-RED Library into groups.  
For example hardware, communication, dashboard ..  
Developing websites is not easy, I know that.  
But this grouping would make everything clearer.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [27 August 2022 20:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/categories-for-node-red-library/66994/2 "2022-08-27T20:50:00Z")

</div>

What advantages do groups have over tags?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![iiot2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8baadc/32.png) [@iiot2k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iiot2k)\
**Post date:** [28 August 2022 16:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/categories-for-node-red-library/66994/3 "2022-08-28T16:34:12Z")

</div>

My idea came from the forum categories.  
Why not for the Node-Red Library.  
Ok the tags are given in the package.json file.  
There is no entry for groups or categories there.  
Maybe that wasn't a good idea.  
The programmer of the nodes is then to blame if he did not use the correct tags.  
Then his work will not be found.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 September 2022 16:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/categories-for-node-red-library/66994/4 "2022-09-27T16:34:57Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.