O le Node-RED o se meafaigaluega faʻavae faʻavae mo le faʻaogaina o polokalame vaʻaia na fausia muamua e le IBM mo le faʻapipiʻiina o masini masini, API ma auaunaga i luga ole laiga o se vaega o le Initaneti o Mea. Node-RED o loʻo tuʻuina atu se faʻasalalauga faʻasalalau i luga o le upega tafaʻilagi, lea e mafai ona faʻaogaina e fatu ai galuega JavaScript. O elemene o talosaga e mafai ona faʻasaoina pe faʻasoa mo le toe faʻaaogaina. O le ta'aloga e fausia ile Node.js. O tafega na faia i Node-RED o loʻo teuina e faʻaaoga ai le JSON. Talu mai le version 0.14, e mafai e nodes MQTT ona fa'aogaina lelei feso'ota'iga TLS.