# Would you like a vscode extension to work with node-red/flowfuse?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092
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**Created:** [12 July 2025 00:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092 "2025-07-12T00:40:31Z")
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### Author:  [@AllanOricil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AllanOricil)
#### Post date: [12 July 2025 00:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092/1 "2025-07-12T00:40:31Z")
Which tools/features would you like to see in vscode when working on node-red projects?
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### Author:  [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)
#### Post date: [12 July 2025 23:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092/2 "2025-07-12T23:19:01Z")
How can you work on node red in vscode?
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### Author:  [@AllanOricil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AllanOricil)
#### Post date: [13 July 2025 00:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092/3 "2025-07-13T00:17:52Z")
I develop nodes using vscode
Look, im creating a framework to write nodes in a "modern" way
> **[GitHub - AllanOricil/node-red-vue-template: Write Node-RED nodes using Vue and Typescript](https://github.com/AllanOricil/node-red-vue-template)**
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> Write Node-RED nodes using Vue and Typescript
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [13 July 2025 09:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092/4 "2025-07-13T09:30:10Z")
So is your question about using vscode when developing new nodes or when developing flows?
Also what is the relevance to flowfuse?
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### Author:  [@AllanOricil](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AllanOricil)
#### Post date: [13 July 2025 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092/5 "2025-07-13T12:06:58Z")
I want to know how people use vscode when developing nodes/plugins for node-red.
About flows I want to know if people developed flows that they use when developing other projects while using vscode. Maybe they created a flow that builds a project using node-red and they want to be able to quickly run these flows from within vscode with a click of a button?
Use case:
people develop flows using node-red editor to work in other projects from within vscode. When a project containing `node-red.config.json` is opened in vscode the extension is activated, if it is available. The extension displays a tree view with the available flows, which Users can use without leaving vscode. These flows can also be located in a remote Node-RED managed by flowfuse.
`node-red.config.json` has configs for the extension. It contains a list of node-red instances to connect, the flows that can be run, the inputs that are expected, and other stuff...
The extension would allow you to configure certain events to use for a particular flow. These input events would be stored locally but in the future could be shared within a team
What do you think?
Suggestions for extension names?
Suggestions for features?
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [13 July 2025 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092/6 "2025-07-13T18:47:05Z")
> [@ThingsTinkerer](#):
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> How can you work on node red in vscode?
In addition to developing custom nodes and potentially providing PR's and doing investigations on Node-RED itself.
uibuilder has a customisable link in each uibuilder node that opens vscode to your front-end source code and it works whether you are working on a local dev server or a remote server (if you use the Microsoft provided remote ssh extension).
> [@AllanOricil](#):
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> they want to be able to quickly run these flows from within vscode with a click of a button?
If and when the hoped for separation between the Editor and the runtime becomes a thing, that might be more useful.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [11 October 2025 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/would-you-like-a-vscode-extension-to-work-with-node-red-flowfuse/98092/7 "2025-10-11T18:47:49Z")
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