# Creating node red as an Desktop application

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-node-red-as-an-desktop-application/86937>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [2 April 2024 11:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-node-red-as-an-desktop-application/86937 "2024-04-02T11:55:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vaibhavi27](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/vaibhavi27/32/70897_2.png) [@Vaibhavi27](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Vaibhavi27)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 11:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-node-red-as-an-desktop-application/86937/1 "2024-04-02T11:55:25Z")

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Hi,

I want to make my node red dashboard as an desktop application. I have tried previously have nod red dashboard running on html server running on background.  
where I don't nee to install node-red but executable file that would contain my dashboard.  
But now I want to have a this dashboard as an executable file.

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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:** [2 April 2024 12:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-node-red-as-an-desktop-application/86937/2 "2024-04-02T12:11:52Z")

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Do you mean you don't want to use a browser for viewing the dashboard?

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**Author:** ![sharonv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sharonv](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sharonv)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-node-red-as-an-desktop-application/86937/3 "2024-04-02T20:30:34Z")

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You can use electorn as a static app that will load the URL of you NR desktop though a desktop app you build. see instructions below:

> **[Make any website into a desktop app with 1 line of code…](https://jordan-eckowitz.medium.com/make-any-website-into-a-desktop-app-with-1-line-of-code-ba53d59bf9e1)**
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> When I first began to learn to code I started with Python. The syntax was incredibly intuitive, user-friendly and I quickly worked my way…

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**Author:** ![Vaibhavi27](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/vaibhavi27/32/70897_2.png) [@Vaibhavi27](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Vaibhavi27)\
**Post date:** [14 May 2024 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-node-red-as-an-desktop-application/86937/4 "2024-05-14T09:51:41Z")

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Thanks alot.

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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:** [28 May 2024 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-node-red-as-an-desktop-application/86937/5 "2024-05-28T09:51:56Z")

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