r/nodered • u/dr_hamilton • Sep 02 '26
PyNode <UDP> Node-RED
I'm a huge fan and proponent of Node-RED, it has been running my smart home for years, and will continue to for many more!
I'm also a heavy python user and maker of many computer vision pipelines. NR didn't lend itself to this kind of work, with OpenCV, pytorch, yolo models, etc. etc. it's not designed for that kind of use case.
Thanks to Claude, I was able tackle something that's been on my todo list for ages, a pure python node-based flow engine and editor inspired by Node-RED. Got it working pretty well last year. Now I've added a UDP node to pynode so I can seamlessly move data between platforms!
https://github.com/olkham/pynode
To make it absolutely clear this isn't me trying to compete with NR, it's a ground up implementation designed to be familiar to NR users that want to build python heavy flows. I figured if I find this useful there are probably a few others in this community that might too!
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u/78wesley Sep 02 '26
Seems cool to use, I also like Python development. Soon I will play around with it!