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Desktop app and CLI utility for auto-generating n8n nodes

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<h1 align="center">Nodemaker</h1>

Desktop app and CLI utility to auto-generate n8n nodes 
 by <a href='https://github.com/ivov'>Iván Ovejero</a> and <a href='https://github.com/erin2722'>Erin McNulty</a>

<a href="#installation">Installation</a> •
 <a href="#operation">Operation</a> •
 <a href="/docs/output-examples">Examples</a> •
 <a href="/docs/README.md">Documentation</a>

> [!WARNING]
> **This project is deprecated and no longer maintained.** Please refer to [`n8n-nodewriter`](https://github.com/ivov/nodewriter) instead.

**Nodemaker** is an automatic node generator for [n8n](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n), a workflow automation tool. Nodemaker outputs all functionality and documentation files for a node, places them in the official repos, and uploads a sample workflow to [n8n.io](https://n8n.io/workflows).

Developed as a **desktop app** and **CLI utility**, in MVP stage, as a capstone project for the [MLH Fellowship](https://github.com/MLH-Fellowship).

Built with TypeScript, Node, Electron and Vue

## Installation

To set up Nodemaker:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/MLH-Fellowship/nodemaker.git
cd nodemaker && npm run setup
```

To quickly see it working:

```sh
npm run nodegen
```

With `nodegen`, Nodemaker will read the built-in sample params and generate sample output files in `/output`.

## Operation

Nodemaker can be operated as a desktop app or as a CLI utility.

- To run the desktop app: `npm run desktop`
- To run the CLI, see the [CLI reference](/docs/cli-reference.md).

Nodemaker generates two types of files:

**Node functionality files**

- `*.node.ts` — main logic (regular or trigger node)
- `GenericFunctions.ts` — node helper functions
- `*Description.ts` — separate logic per resource (optional)
- `*.credentials.ts` — node authentication params
- `package.json` — updated node listing
- `*.png` — node icon

| ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivov/nodemaker/master/docs/images/screencaps/node.png) ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivov/nodemaker/master/docs/images/screencaps/credentials.png) |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|          Auto-generated `HackerNews.node.ts` and `GenericFunctions.ts`           |

**Node documentation files**

- `README.md` — main doc file
- `README.md` — credentials doc file
- `workflow.png` — in-app screenshot for main doc file

| ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivov/nodemaker/master/docs/images/screencaps/node-doc.png) ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivov/nodemaker/master/docs/images/screencaps/workflow.png) |
| :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|                   Auto-generated `README.md` and `workflow.png`                   |

Once these files are generated, Nodemaker can:

- relocate them in your copies of the [n8n](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n) and [n8n-docs](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n-docs) repos, and
- submit a sample workflow to the [n8n.io](https://n8n.io/workflows) collection.

| ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivov/nodemaker/master/docs/images/screencaps/placement.png) <img src="docs/images/screencaps/workflow-submission.png" width="610"/> |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| Node files auto-placed in `n8n` repo and workflow auto-submitted on [n8n.io](https://n8n.io/workflows) |

## Authors

## License

Distributed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md).

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