[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":122},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ffirst-deploy":3,"blog-all-for-related":121},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"body":8,"cta":89,"date":90,"description":91,"extension":92,"image":89,"lastUpdated":89,"meta":93,"navigation":112,"path":113,"seo":114,"sitemap":115,"stem":116,"subtitle":91,"tags":117,"tldr":89,"video":89,"__hash__":120},"blog\u002Fblog\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ffirst-deploy.md","Introducing FlowFuse Inc.",[7],"nick-oleary",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":82},"minimark",[11,23,26,29,38,41,45,48,57,60,63,66,69,72,75,79],[12,13,14,15,22],"p",{},"When Dave and I first created ",[16,17,21],"a",{"href":18,"rel":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fnodered.org",[20],"nofollow","Node-RED",", it was a tool to solve a\nproblem - allowing us to do our day job more effectively when building IoT solutions\nfor clients. That gave us the means and purpose to create a truly useful platform.",[12,24,25],{},"When it became an open source project, it quickly found an enthusiastic audience that\nhas seen the community grow beyond our imagination. From both individual users, to a wide\nrange of companies integrating it into their own products.",[12,27,28],{},"But with that growth, the question in my mind has always been how to take it further\nand secure its long term future.",[12,30,31,32,37],{},"I wrote on the ",[16,33,36],{"href":34,"rel":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fnodered.org\u002Fblog\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F13\u002Ffuture-plans",[20],"project blog","\nlast year about the future plans of the project. A key piece of that is its sustainability -\nhow we can increase the commercial adoption of Node-RED and how we can get more people\ncontributing back.",[12,39,40],{},"An opportunity presented itself earlier this year that I believe will bring a\nstep-change to what the Node-RED project is able to achieve.",[42,43,5],"h3",{"id":44},"introducing-flowfuse-inc",[12,46,47],{},"So today, I'm launching FlowFuse Inc - a new company whose mission is to build a low-coding development\nplatform fit for the enterprise with Node-RED at its heart.",[12,49,50,51,56],{},"Backed by ",[16,52,55],{"href":53,"rel":54},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fsijbrandij\u002F",[20],"Sid Sijbrandij",", we have funding\nin place to create a fully remote team dedicated to an open core model.",[12,58,59],{},"In the short term, this means helping to accelerate the plans already in place for\nthe Open Source project. Getting the 2.0 release done in the next few weeks, working on\nlong-standing features such as the Test framework and Flow Debugger.",[12,61,62],{},"Alongside that we'll also be building a platform around Node-RED that will make it easier\nto adopt at scale and integrate into existing enterprise environments.",[12,64,65],{},"Node-RED remains a fully open source project, with its home at the OpenJS Foundation\nand an open governance model that allows anyone to have a say in its development.",[12,67,68],{},"Our goal is to incorporate as much of our work directly into the core project as possible. Where we do create closed-source components, we will work with the community to ensure the right APIs and extension points are in the core for all to benefit from.",[12,70,71],{},"We will only be successful if the whole Node-RED community is successful.",[12,73,74],{},"For me personally, this is a really exciting next step. I never expected to turn my little side project into a full-time job and now into a company.",[42,76,78],{"id":77},"hiring-soon","Hiring soon!",[12,80,81],{},"We'll be hiring soon - so keep an eye out if you're interesting in getting involved.",{"title":83,"searchDepth":84,"depth":84,"links":85},"",4,[86,88],{"id":44,"depth":87,"text":5},3,{"id":77,"depth":87,"text":78},null,"2021-04-06","Building a new low-code development platform around the Node-RED project","md",{"excerpt":94},{"type":9,"value":95},[96,101,103,105,110],[12,97,14,98,22],{},[16,99,21],{"href":18,"rel":100},[20],[12,102,25],{},[12,104,28],{},[12,106,31,107,37],{},[16,108,36],{"href":34,"rel":109},[20],[12,111,40],{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ffirst-deploy",{"title":5,"description":91},{"loc":113},"blog\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ffirst-deploy",[118,119],"flowfuse","news","ly89mh-LnTu9gCO6QbvP5GSCWBRnkkaqarfqHXNztEQ",[],1785528681095]