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Node-REDWindmill
Free

Free and open source.

 Freemium

Open-source self-hosted version is free; a hosted cloud and an enterprise edition are…

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Visual drag-and-drop flows make complex if/else automation logic easier to follow than YAML
  • Built-in debugging tools help trace what a flow is actually doing
  • Scripts become APIs, jobs and forms without boilerplate
  • Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash and 20+ other languages
  • Adds another interface to learn on top of Home Assistant's own automation editor
  • Complex flows can become hard to maintain without good node naming and organization
  • Aimed at teams comfortable writing code
  • Some features are tied to the enterprise edition
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License not stated
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Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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