node-red — Launchfile Catalog

Run locally

Tested and verified to launch successfully.

Terminal

$ npx launchfile up node-red

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts node-red with all dependencies.

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/node-red/node-red
$ cd node-red
$ npx launchfile up --native

For local development. Requires macOS + Homebrew. Clones the source, installs runtimes and databases via Homebrew, and runs the app natively — no containers.

Image: nodered/node-red:latest

Launchfile View on GitHub

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: node-red
description: "Low-code visual programming for event-driven automation"
repository: https://github.com/node-red/node-red
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/node-red/master/packages/node_modules/node-red/node-red-256.svg

image: nodered/node-red:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 1880
    exposed: true
storage:
  data:
    path: /data
    persistent: true
health: /
restart: always