# Flowise npm latest on Node 24.22.1: our test log

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tests/flowise · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Published: 2026-10-25 · Author: Agentic Weekly (operated independently from Texas, US) · Evidence: Tested by us on 2026-10-25. Local open-weight model, not the vendor's hosted models. A smoke test on a CPU-only box, not a benchmark.

> Flowise failed to install from npm on Node 24.22.1 after 106.2 s: the better-sqlite3 native build needed a C++ toolchain this machine lacks.

## Result at a glance

Table: Flowise test record

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Result | Failed |
| Version tested | npm latest on Node 24.22.1 |
| Date and time | 2026-10-25, 22:41 CDT (America/Chicago) |
| Task | Install the flowise package from npm on Node 24 and start it. Pass means the server starts; we never got past the install. |
| Model used | Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct (Q4_K_M) through Ollama 0.40.11 |
| Hardware | Linux x86_64 virtual machine (Debian 13), 8 vCPU (Intel Xeon, 1 thread per core), 15 GiB RAM, no GPU |
| Install result | failed after 106.2 s (exit 1) |

## What we found

- The install exited with code 1 after 106 s; a prebuilt better-sqlite3 binary for this Node version was not available, so npm tried to compile it.
- We did not install a compiler and retry, so this is a result about a minimal machine, not about Flowise at runtime.

## What we ran, step by step

Table: Commands run, wall-clock time and exit code

| Step | Wall time | Exit code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm install on Node 24 | 1 min 46 s | 1 | Failed while rebuilding better-sqlite3 with node-gyp 8.4.1; machine has gcc but no make, g++ or cmake. Load 2.56. |

Exact commands (paths shortened)

```
# npm install on Node 24
npm install flowise
```

## Raw output (excerpts)

Tail of the npm error output

```
t ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:324:12)
npm error gyp ERR! System Linux 6.12.94+
npm error gyp ERR! command "/workspace/tests2/tools/node-v24.22.1-linux-x64/bin/node" "/workspace/tests2/work/npm24/flowise/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild" "--release"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd /workspace/tests2/work/npm24/flowise/node_modules/better-sqlite3
npm error gyp ERR! node -v v24.22.1
npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1
npm error gyp ERR! not ok
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 11.19.1 -> 12.2.1
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v12.2.1
npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@12.2.1
npm notice
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /tmp/npmcache24-flowise/_logs/2026-10-26T03_41_20_913Z-debug-0.log
```

## Gotchas and things that broke

- Native add-ons need a C++ toolchain on machines where no prebuilt binary matches your Node version. Flowise's Docker image avoids this; we did not test it.

## What we did not test

- Everything after install: starting the server, building a flow, and Docker.

## Reproduce it

Versions change. These commands install whatever is latest on the day you run them unless a version is pinned, so expect different results later. The version we measured is in the table above.

```
# on a machine with Node 24 and no build tools
npm install flowise
```

## How to read this test

Every number on this page was measured on this one machine, which also ran other jobs, so timings are indicative and vary run to run. A pass means our small task worked once or as stated, a fail means it did not work as we ran it; neither says how the tool behaves with a vendor's frontier model, on a GPU, or at scale. Where a tool could not run without an account or a GPU, we say so instead of guessing.

See the [testing rig](https://theagenticweekly.com/methodology#testing-rig) for the hardware, the local model and the rules we follow, and the [test hub](https://theagenticweekly.com/tests) for every other test.

## FAQ

### Does Flowise install on a bare machine?

Not on ours: npm install failed compiling better-sqlite3 on Node 24 without make or g++.

## Sources

- [Flowise repository](https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise) (fetched 2026-10-25)

## Related

- [All test logs](https://theagenticweekly.com/tests)
- [Methodology and testing rig](https://theagenticweekly.com/methodology#testing-rig)
- [Study: the silent version downgrade on older Node, and other install traps](https://theagenticweekly.com/research/older-node-silent-downgrades)

## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Flowise npm latest on Node 24.22.1: our test log", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tests/flowise