# Community News September 2023

> A roundup of September 2023 news from the FlowFuse and Node-RED communities, covering platform updates and community highlights.

Welcome to the FlowFuse newsletter for September 2023, a monthly roundup of what’s been happening with FlowFuse and the wider Node-RED community.

## New Name

The big news this month is that [FlowForge is now FlowFuse](/blog/2023/08/flowforge-is-now-flowfuse/). Yes, we have changed our name but we are still focus on delivering great products for the Node-RED community.

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## New Releases

- Node-RED 3.1 has been [released](https://nodered.org/blog/2023/09/06/version-3-1-released). Among the changes are Mermaid chart support, locking flows, and much more.
- Last week, FlowFuse 1.11 was released. This release included personal access tokens for FlowFuse API and new tiers for FlowFuse Cloud, including a new starter tier.  Check out the details in our [announcement](/blog/2023/08/flowfuse-1-11-release/).

## Upcoming events

### Celebrate 10 Years of Node-RED and What’s New in 3.1 and Beyond

Hard to believe that Node-RED was launched 10 years ago. We want to celebrate this great accomplishment and also show off the new Node-RED 3.1 release. Join Nick O'Leary for the 10 year celebration and here what is coming next.

[Sign-up today](/webinars/2023/node-red-10-years/) to join us on September 21.

## From our Blog

- The Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 project is making excellent progress. Two updates were published in the last month. Make sure you check out the latest release and provide feedback.
  - [Dynamic Markdown, Tables & Notebooks with Dashboard 2.0](/blog/2023/09/dashboard-notebook-layout/)
  - [Dashboard 2.0 - Community Update](/blog/2023/08/dashboard-community-update/)
- [FlowFuse announces a Node-RED stack for Industry 4.0 applications on Bosch Rexroth ctrlX Automation](/blog/2023/09/bosch-rexroth-announce/) - a fully supported Node-RED stack for Bosch customers.
- [FlowFuse is now available on the AWS Marketplace](/blog/2023/08/aws-marketplace-announce/) - making it easier to run FlowFuse on the AWS cloud.
- [Our Open Source offering is a tier, not our competition](/blog/2023/08/open-source-is-a-tier-not-competition/) - some insight from our CEO into our open source strategy.
- [Why the Automation Pyramid blocks digital transformation - The Role of Unified Namespace](/blog/2023/08/isa-95-automation-pyramid-to-unified-namespace/) - some insight from the FlowFuse product manager into the role of a Unified Namespace.

## From the Community

- A new plugin for the generation of [Matter devices witin Node-RED](https://flows.nodered.org/node/@node-red-matter/node-red-matter) has been published.

## Join Our Team

FlowFuse is expanding our team. Check out the current openings:

- [Contract Front-End Engineer – Node-RED Dashboard](https://boards.greenhouse.io/flowfuse/jobs/4911532004)
- [Developer Relations Engineer - Manufacturing & Industrial Automation](https://boards.greenhouse.io/flowfuse/jobs/4958271004)
