Installation and management

There are four ways to install community nodes:

• Within n8n using the nodes panel (for verified community nodes only).

• Within n8n using the GUI: Use this method to install community nodes from the npm registry.

• Manually from the command line: use this method to install community nodes from npm if your n8n instance doesn't support installation through the in-app GUI.

• From environment variables: use this method to bootstrap an instance with a fixed set of community packages, for example through a deployment pipeline.

Installing from npm only available on self-hosted instances

Unverified community nodes aren't available on n8n cloud and require self-hosting n8n.