# Get Node-Red running version

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [20 February 2022 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701 "2022-02-20T15:56:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fmarzocca/32/35901_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2022 15:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701/1 "2022-02-20T15:57:00Z")

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Is there a way to get the current running version of NodeRed from the terminal or from a script, while NR is running and without opening the admin editor?

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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2022 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701/2 "2022-02-20T16:09:40Z")

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node-red -?

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2022 16:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701/3 "2022-02-20T16:13:13Z")

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see 4 posts down:)

> [@How to get installed version of NR?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-installed-version-of-nr/58669):
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> I was using the following to get the latest version of NR available, and it still works... npm search node-red | grep Low-code | cut -d '|' -f4-5 And I was using the following to get the installed version, but this seems to be broken at the moment... npm ls -g --depth=0 | grep node-red | cut -d '@' -f 2 Any suggestions as to how to find the installed version of NR? This is where I really wish the 'node-red-project' line showed the correct installed version. But that is a question we discu…

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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2022 16:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701/4 "2022-02-20T16:13:20Z")

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```auto
$ node-red -? | head -1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2
v2.2.2
$ node-red -? | head -1 | cut -d 'v' -f 2
2.2.2

```

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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2022 16:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701/5 "2022-02-20T16:36:33Z")

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node-red -? | grep Node-RED 🙂

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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:** [7 March 2022 07:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-node-red-running-version/58701/7 "2022-03-07T07:32:02Z")

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