# Where is node red installed on Linux

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**Category:** General\
**Created:** [5 March 2020 12:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/where-is-node-red-installed-on-linux/22658 "2020-03-05T12:13:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Furkanos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@Furkanos](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Furkanos)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2020 12:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/where-is-node-red-installed-on-linux/22658/1 "2020-03-05T12:13:50Z")

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Hey i dont know how to find the folder where node red is installed.

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2020 12:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/where-is-node-red-installed-on-linux/22658/2 "2020-03-05T12:36:55Z")

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On linux you can do:

`which node-red`

But that will point you to node-red itself, are you looking for the directory with the flows/settings ?  
If yes: `cd ~/.node-red`

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2020 12:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/where-is-node-red-installed-on-linux/22658/3 "2020-03-05T12:48:49Z")

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How did you install node-red?

Are you looking for the source code or where it saves your flows etc?

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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:** [4 May 2020 12:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/where-is-node-red-installed-on-linux/22658/4 "2020-05-04T12:48:57Z")

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