FlowForge
Deploy Node-RED applications in a reliable, scalable and secure manner. The FlowForge platform provides DevOps capabilities for Node-RED development teams.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 95% of tracked projects; popularity more than 20%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 401 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.1.0 · 24 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker, K8S |
Is FlowForge actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 3512 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 527 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 57% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, v3.1.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
FlowForge ranks #11 of 20 in Internet of Things (IoT), placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What FlowForge actually does
FlowForge is a management and delivery platform designed for Node-RED applications. It provides DevOps tooling to help development teams deploy, scale, and secure their low-code automation flows.
Best fit: Teams using Node-RED for Internet of Things workloads who need centralised control over multiple development instances and production environments.
Worth knowing: The platform adds an extra operational layer on top of Node-RED, which may introduce unnecessary complexity for single-user or small-scale hobbyist deployments.
Deployment notes
Because the stack relies on containers and orchestration runtimes, you will typically need to configure persistent storage volumes for state and a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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