I-Node-RED iyithuluzi lokuthuthukisa elisekelwe ekugelezeni kwezinhlelo ezibukwayo ezasungulwa ekuqaleni yi-IBM ukuze kuhlanganiswe izintambo zezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha, ama-API kanye nezinsizakalo ze-inthanethi njengengxenye Ye-inthanethi Yezinto. I-Node-RED inikeza isihleli sokugeleza esisekelwe kusiphequluli sewebhu, esingasetshenziswa ukudala imisebenzi ye-JavaScript. Izici zezinhlelo zokusebenza zingalondolozwa noma kwabelwane ngazo ukuze ziphinde zisetshenziswe. Isikhathi sokusebenza sakhiwe ku-Node.js. Ukugeleza okudalwe ku-Node-RED kugcinwa kusetshenziswa i-JSON. Kusukela kunguqulo 0.14, amanodi e-MQTT angenza ukuxhumana okumiswe kahle kwe-TLS.