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Windmill vs Node-RED: catalog facts
Windmill	Node-RED
Freemium Open-source self-hosted version is free; a hosted cloud and an enterprise edition are…	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Scripts become APIs, jobs and forms without boilerplate Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash and 20+ other languages	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
Aimed at teams comfortable writing code Some features are tied to the enterprise edition	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
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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