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With a new release of Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 we have plenty of new fixes and improvements being added to the project. In this post, we'll deep dive into community contributions, PWA support, new Vuetify components, and the rest of the great work published in this latest release.

With our latest release of Node-RED Dashboard 2.0, we've made some big improvements to the onboarding experience.

We're seeing over 2,000 people download Dashboard 2.0 per week, and are seeing a great buzz in the community of brand new Node-RED users, experienced Node-RED users that haven't explored a UI solution previously and existing users migrating from Dashboard 1.0.

So, with that in mind, we wanted to offer a new "Getting Started" guide that will help you get up and running with building custom user interfaces and data visualizations in Node-RED.

Dashboard 2.0 just got a lot more powerful with our new updates to the ui-template node. New features added to the node include:

• Support for a full Vue component to be defined using the VueJS Options API.
• Running of raw JavaScript within <script /> tags
• Loading of external dependencies through <script /> tags

As a developer, sometimes you have to hold up your hands and realise something you've spent two weeks building needs to be thrown away and restarted.

When ChatGPT was first released, my expectations were quite low. I had grown accustomed to the usual industry buzz for AI and ML that often led to underwhelming solutions. Naturally, I approached ChatGPT with similar reservations. It wasn't until a few months after its announcement that I decided to give it a try. To my surprise, within just 10 minutes, I found myself so captivated that I decided to purchase the pro version.

It's been a little while since we've done an update, since we last posted we've moved into the 0.7.x releases for Dashboard 2.0. With these we're making big strides in improving the UX for charting your data, as well as starting to focus on migration paths from Dashboard 1.0 to 2.0.

Manufacturing companies often struggle to choose between building custom MES solutions or buying ready-made software. Both options have their strengths, but they can fall short of providing the flexibility and control engineers need. A hybrid approach—combining the best of both worlds—is changing the game. In this article, we’ll explore how Node-RED and FlowFuse make it easier to create MES systems that are efficient, adaptable, and perfectly suited to your needs.

With a new release, comes new features for Dashboard 2.0, and the focus of this release has been on improving the developer experience for those building third-party widgets for Dashboard 2.0.

Following our rename to FlowFuse last month, we are about to take the next set of steps to complete the rebrand. This time, focussed on the technical assets we produce.

Industrial systems generate valuable data, but legacy protocols like Modbus or non-IIoT standards often make it hard to use. Bridging this gap is essential to connect traditional systems with the modern Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Whether it’s Modbus registers, serial communication without a protocol, or standards like Siemens S7 and Mitsubishi MC-Protocol, the challenge lies in making sense of this raw information. With tools like Node-RED and the node-red-contrib-buffer-parser, you can turn complex, outdated data streams into usable formats that power IIoT innovation.

Whilst we're still busy backporting through the existing Dashboard 1.0 features, we did want to highlight some new features we've built in Dashboard 2.0 released this week.

We are happy to announce that FlowForge is changing its name to FlowFuse. Changing our corporate identity wasn’t our top priority but a recent trademark challenge has promoted us to create a new brand for our company.

Welcome to the latest Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 update. We've added lots of new widgets, cleaned up compatibility issues alongside Dashboard 1.0 and made strides to improve the events system linking the Node-RED editor with the Dashboard.