My custom node is not showing up in the n8n node actions menu

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Hello,

I created an n8n node three months ago and published it on npmjs. However, the node still doesn’t appear in the n8n actions menu. Could someone please help me figure out what’s going wrong? Is there any additional step I need to take to make the node show up in the menu?
My node: n8n-nodes-aivoov - npm

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I want my node to be visible here.

Thanks!

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Hi, did you install the custom node?

Reg,

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I’m getting the error:
Error installing new package
Error loading package “n8n-nodes-aivoov” :Package could not be installed - check logs for details

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Hi, and what does the logs say…
Reg,
J

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Error loading package “n8n-nodes-aivoov” :Package could not be installed - check logs for details
ResponseError: Error loading package “n8n-nodes-aivoov” :Package could not be installed - check logs for details
at CommunityPackagesController.installPackage (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/src/controllers/community-packages.controller.ts:111:10)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at handler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/src/decorators/controller.registry.ts:105:12)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/src/response-helper.ts:158:17

500 Error loading package “n8n-nodes-aivoov” :Package could not be installed - check logs for details

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Hi, it shoudl be a local problem.

I can install it without issues (1.88.0) and it shows up correctly.

Not gonna try it’s functionality but I guess its something on your end.

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Just try in a clean docker container as a test, just to rule out anything else

Reg,
J.

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Okay, so what do I need to do next to get it to show up in the n8n actions menu?

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Most likely it doesn’t show up since it cannot installed correctly.

As i mentioned. The easiest way to verify that statement is to start a clean test n8n installation via docker and just quickly try that.

if it works, somehow your current installation is messed up and to troubleshoot that (I think is outside the scope of this forum). better to reinstall and get done with it.

reg,
J.

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I successfully installed the node on my local Docker environment, and it also appears in the actions menu of n8n at http://localhost:5678/.

Now, I need this custom node to be available in the live workflow environment at https://aivoov.app.n8n.cloud/. How can I achieve that?

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Hi,

Well that’s going to be a hard one, since cloud instances don’t support custom nodes. …

I assumed since you developed a node you would be self-hosted or at least know the limitation.

Anyway they are working on adding some community nodes to the official ones but I don’t know how this will work out.

Your only option for now if self-hosting.

Reg,
J

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