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Joe Pavitt
Joe has been working with Node-RED for nearly 10 years, having worked with Nick O'Leary at IBM as a Master Inventor, and been one of the early developers working on the original Node-RED Dashboard. Since joining FlowFuse in 2022, Joe has become the lead for the FlowFuse Dashboard (Dashboard 2.0), created the Node-RED Academy and leads design and front-end development for FlowFuse.
Articles by Joe Pavitt
FlowFuse 2.15: Personal Node Collections, Smart Schema Suggestions and more control in DevOps Pipelines!
Start building out your own collection of private nodes and Javascript libraries for Node-RED with our new Custom Node catalogues
FlowFuse 2.14: Announcing Third-Party Broker Integration, UNS Schemas, Enhanced Auth on Remote Instances and more!
A huge wave of new features in FlowFuse elevates your MQTT experience as well as providing improved Remote Instances security and version control too
FlowFuse 2.13: Remote Instances, UNS Schemas & Improved Management at Scale
FlowFuse 2.13 brings clarity to "Instances" in FlowFuse, automated documentation for your MQTT Broker, better management and deployment to multiple Remote Instances, and more.
FlowFuse 2.11: MQTT Topic Hierarchy, UI Revamp & Improved Logging
Let's take a look at the new features and improvements in FlowFuse 2.11
Visual Layout Editor - Now Available in Dashboard
With the latest update we have released a new Layout Editor for Dashboard, as well as new widgets and wide-spread improvements.
MQTT Service Now Available on FlowFuse
We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone for FlowFuse, we now offer our very own MQTT service, built-in and ready to use with your Node-RED applications.
FlowFuse 2.10: MQTT Broker, Improved Version Control & More!
Let's take a look at the new features and improvements in FlowFuse 2.9
FlowFuse 2.9: Software Bill of Materials & Public Static Assets
Let's take a look at the new features and improvements in FlowFuse 2.9
FlowFuse 2.8: Static File Service, LDAP Updates & More
Let's take a look at the new features and improvements in FlowFuse 2.8
FlowFuse 2.7: Improved management at scale & AI JSON Editor
We've extended the AI-infused Node-RED experience to the JSON Editor, plus improvements to managing and searching your resources on FlowFuse
New Charts Available in FlowFuse Dashboard
Our most recent update for FlowFuse Dashboard has introduced Pie, Donut and Grouped Bar charts, and plenty more.
Building on FlowFuse: Remote Device Monitoring
In this article we take a look at how elements of the FlowFuse ecosystem can be used to build powerful IoT applications for monitoring remote devices.
FlowFuse 2.6: AI Infused Node-RED, Persistent File Storage & Lots More
Discover the new features in FlowFuse 2.6, and it's focus on improving the Node-RED development experience.
Node-RED Dashboard Formally Deprecated
It has just been announced that the predecessor to FlowFuse's Dashboard, Node-RED Dashboard, has been formally deprecated. Find out what this means for your Node-RED instances, see how you can get started with FlowFuse's Dashboard, and what we have planned in the near future.
Multi-Tenancy available for everyone with FlowFuse's Dashboard 2.0
With a recent update in Node-RED Dashboard 2.0, we've made some significant changes to the multi-tenancy feature. Discover what's new and how it can benefit your projects.
Product Mission Statement and Strategy Updates
We've recently refined our product strategy to better align with our mission and vision. Here's a summary of the changes.
Dashboard 2.0: Milestones, PWA and New Components
Checkout all the great content that's been added to Dashboard 2.0 in the past few weeks and the new (in-preview) Vuetify components we've made available in UI Template nodes.
Getting Started with Node-RED Dashboard 2.0
New to Node-RED? New to Dashboard 2.0? This guide will help you get started.
Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 is Generally Available!
This week sees our first major version release of Node-RED Dashboard 2.0!
Personalised Multi-user Dashboards with Node-RED Dashboard 2.0!
Discover how to create personalized multi-user dashboards secured with FlowFuse Cloud! Enable FlowFuse User Authentication and install the FlowFuse Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 User Addon for a customized dashboard experience.
Building a Custom Video Player in Dashboard 2.0
Delve into the possibilities of Dashboard 2.0's new UI Templates with a comprehensive tutorial on building a custom video player.
Overhauling the Dashboard 2.0 Build Pipeline
Explore the latest updates in Dashboard 2.0 with the 0.8.0 release, featuring an overhauled build pipeline, improved debugging capabilities, and more.
Chart Improvements & Migrating to Dashboard 2.0
Discover significant chart enhancements and migration guidance in Dashboard 2.0's 0.7.x releases. Stay informed on project updates.
Integrate your own widgets with Dashboard 2.0
Explore Dashboard 2.0's 0.6.0 Release with third-party widget support. Learn more, build your widgets, and join our community on GitHub.
Share & Preview Flows on flows.nodered.org
Explore FlowFuse's latest contribution to flows.nodered.org, an interactive "Flow Viewer" for sharing and embedding flows in articles and forum posts.
Dynamic Markdown, Tables & Notebooks with Dashboard 2.0
Explore the latest features in Dashboard 2.0's v0.4.0 release, including "Notebook" layout, dynamic Markdown & Table widgets, and additional enhancements.
Dashboard 2.0 - Community Update
Our latest Community Update for Dashboard 2.0, including the latest new widgets, fixes and updates on what's next.
First Pre-Alpha Release of the new Node-RED Dashboard
The first release of the successor to the Node-RED Dashboard has arrived, marking the beginning of the pre-alpha phase.
The Next Step in Data Visualization - Announcing the Successor to the Node-RED Dashboard
This article unveils FlowFuse's plans to build the successor to the Node-RED Dashboard.
Use any npm module in Node-RED (2026)
Node-RED has an incredibly rich resource of integrations available, but sometimes you need that little extra. This shows you how.
Chat GPT in Node-RED Function Nodes
Discover how ChatGPT integrates with Node-RED function nodes, enabling automated code generation. Explore the prompt engineering process and additional features.
IBM Cloud removes Node-RED starter application
IBM Cloud has recently announced that they will no longer be providing their Cloud App Service Starter Kits, including the Node-RED Starter Application. Don't worry though, FlowFuse has you covered.
FlowFuse v1.5 Now Available
For FlowFuse 1.5 we have been busy making a lot of UX changes and upgrading our underlying architecture to enable future innovations on the FlowFuse platform.
Terminology Changes
FlowFuse introduces new terminology: Applications, Instances & Devices for better organization and management.