JavaScript flow-based-programming

Open-source JavaScript projects categorized as flow-based-programming

Top 4 JavaScript flow-based-programming Projects

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  1. Node RED

    Low-code programming for event-driven applications

    Project mention: N8n vs. node-red, which to use for AI workloads | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-17

    Also very important for a lot of use-cases: Node-RED is open source, but n8n is not.

    https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/LICENSE

    https://docs.n8n.io/sustainable-use-license/

    We previously looked into integrating n8n but they wanted $50k for a commercial license, which didn’t make sense for us.

  2. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build dynamic JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

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  3. Drawflow

    Simple flow library 🖥️🖱️

  4. flowfuse

    Unlock Industrial Data. Integrate Everything. Optimize Faster. Quickly build workflows, applications and integrations that optimize your operations with our low-code, open-source, end to end platform.

  5. Blackprint

    A general purpose visual programming. This is the main repository for Blackprint that contains source code of cable, node, and container sketch for visualization.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • N8n vs. node-red, which to use for AI workloads

    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jul 2025
  • Erlang-Red: Node-Red with an Erlang Back End

    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 May 2025
  • Show HN: New visual language for teaching kids to code

    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Nov 2023
  • I developed a toy visual programming language inspired by Unreal engine blueprint function graphs

    2 projects | /r/ProgrammingLanguages | 2 Jul 2021

Index

What are some of the best open-source flow-based-programming projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Node RED 21,786
2 Drawflow 5,448
3 flowfuse 343
4 Blackprint 177

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