# \#plugin

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## [Find+ — advanced search sidebar for the Node-RED editor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/find-advanced-search-sidebar-for-the-node-red-editor/101479)

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**Author:** [@CincellaAiazzi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CincellaAiazzi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [16 July 2026 05:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/find-advanced-search-sidebar-for-the-node-red-editor/101479 "2026-07-16T05:34:35Z")

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Hi all, I use Node-RED extensively for a large personal home-automation project. As the project grew, the limitations of the built-in search became increasingly noticeable. Finding a specific value across many flows, n…

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## [FlowPilot - an AI assistant plugin inside the Node-RED editor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowpilot-an-ai-assistant-plugin-inside-the-node-red-editor/101347)

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**Author:** [@manny-est](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/manny-est)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [24 June 2026 04:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowpilot-an-ai-assistant-plugin-inside-the-node-red-editor/101347 "2026-06-24T04:31:37Z")

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Hi all, I've been building FlowPilot, a plugin that adds an AI assistant to the Node-RED editor sidebar. It helps you build, modify, understand, and document flows using any OpenAI-compatible API, so you can run it agai…

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## [RE: difference between sidebar, plugins and nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/re-difference-between-sidebar-plugins-and-nodes/101274)

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**Author:** [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [16 June 2026 15:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/re-difference-between-sidebar-plugins-and-nodes/101274 "2026-06-16T15:13:12Z")

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Yes. The Palette Manager only displays the two types of modules that can be installed via NR. It's either a node, a plugin, or both. The sidebar can be registered by either a node or a plugin. It's not possible any ot…

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## [Node RED Plugins](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-plugins/100542)

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**Author:** [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [12 March 2026 18:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-plugins/100542 "2026-03-12T18:37:41Z")

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Ok... Having the experience of building nodes, I am prepping a new release of one. This time around, it has plugins, that need to be initialised prior to any instance of my normal flow editor nodes. One thing I am con…