# Node-Red installation offline?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [28 March 2022 12:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446 "2022-03-28T12:37:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![protonmw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@protonmw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/protonmw)\
**Post date:** [28 March 2022 12:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446/1 "2022-03-28T12:37:36Z")

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Hi folks!

I need some urgent help, please! I need to install node-red on a windows machine without internet access.  
NPM has been installed, but I´m struggling with NR. I dont understand the solutions which can be found a few years ago in this forum. ☹

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**Author:** ![hardillb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hardillb/32/12373_2.png) [@hardillb](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hardillb)\
**Post date:** [28 March 2022 12:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446/2 "2022-03-28T12:59:38Z")

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Describe what you've tried and how it didn't work.

Also read

> [@Node-Red installation fail Windows Server 2019 via RDP](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-fail-windows-server-2019-via-rdp/58899/4):
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> No, nothing on npm will help you here. Best I can do is suggest you do a local (not global) npm install into a known directory mkdir temp cd temp npm install node-red Then zip up the temp directory copy it over to the unconnected machine and unzip it. You can then try starting it by running: cd temp node\_modules\.bin\node-red.bat But you are going to have other problems, once installed it will be hard to install any extra nodes as the catalogue manager will not work. You will need a conne…

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**Author:** ![protonmw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b3f665/32.png) [@protonmw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/protonmw)\
**Post date:** [28 March 2022 13:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446/3 "2022-03-28T13:10:53Z")

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Wow, that was easy! How can I add nodes?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [28 March 2022 13:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446/4 "2022-03-28T13:17:16Z")

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Install nodes before you zip up & copy to other machine

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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:** [28 March 2022 13:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446/5 "2022-03-28T13:29:50Z")

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If you later add further nodes, make sure you don't overwrite the flows file etc on the non-networked machine. After the first time you only need to copy across package.json, package-lock.json and the node\_modules folder, and then restart 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:** [11 April 2022 13:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446/6 "2022-04-11T13:30:01Z")

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