How do I add a node to the canvas?

Press Tab on the canvas, or click Add Node in the canvas toolbar. The node picker opens. Search for a node by name, or browse its tabs, and choose the node.

What is the difference between the Tutorials and the Explore entries in the sidebar?

Tutorials opens the Explore tab of the home screen, where the templates and tutorials are. Explore opens the community library of characters, locations, objects and creatures that other people shared, on Nodaro Cloud and the Business edition.

Does the editor save my workflow automatically?

Yes. The editor saves a few seconds after each change and shows Saved, Saving, Unsaved or Save failed in the top bar. Press Ctrl+S to save at once.

How do I see every keyboard shortcut?

Press the question mark key in the editor, or click Keyboard shortcuts in the canvas toolbar. On a Mac, the Command key replaces Ctrl.

How do I change the language of the editor?

Use the language switcher at the bottom of the sidebar. One choice changes the menus, the picker catalogs, dates and numbers, and the language of the Copilot's answers.

Tour of the Nodaro editor — home screen, canvas, node picker, settings panel and runs

A tour of the Nodaro editor, from the home screen and sidebar to the canvas, node picker, settings panel, runs, results, the Copilot and keyboard shortcuts.

The Nodaro editor is where you find, build and run your workflows. It has two main screens: the home screen, where your work, templates and tutorials are, and the workflow editor, where you place nodes on a canvas, connect them, set them up and run them. This tour shows each part of both screens and what it is for.

The home screen

The home screen opens after you sign in. At the top are a greeting, two tabs and a New Workflow button, which creates an empty workflow and opens it.

Tab	What it shows
Continue	Jump back in: your workflows and projects, with a filter, a search box, New project and Import JSON.
Explore	Start from a template: templates grouped by use case. Level up: tutorials and release notes. Your path: a short checklist for new users.

On Nodaro Cloud, the Continue tab also shows Nodaro apps, links to Nodaro's other apps, and a Copilot box. Describe a workflow in the box and click Build it: the Copilot builds the workflow for you in a new canvas.

Your path counts three first steps: Create your first image, Connect two nodes into a workflow and Turn it into a MiniApp. As you complete them, your level moves from Newcomer to Explorer, Builder and Creator.

The sidebar on the left of every screen has three sections.

Section	Entry	What it opens
Workspace	Projects	The home screen, with your projects and workflows.
	Templates	Ready-made workflows to copy into your account. See Tutorials and templates.
	Tutorials	The Explore tab of the home screen, where the tutorials are.
	Explore	The community library of characters, locations, objects and creatures that other people shared. Nodaro Cloud and the Business edition. See Community library.
	MiniApps	Apps published from workflows: your own and the ones you can run. See Apps.
Activity	Executions	Every run of your workflows, with its status, duration and credits.
	My Files	The images, videos and audio in your account, and how much storage you use.
	Gallery	The Community Gallery, with what people create with Nodaro.
Account	Integrations	Your connected social accounts for publishing. On a self-hosted install, also the Nodaro Cloud connection and your own model provider keys.
	Pricing	Plans and credit packs. Nodaro Cloud only.
	Billing	Your subscription and credit purchases. Nodaro Cloud only.
	Settings	Your account settings, such as API tokens, the visibility of new results in the gallery, remembered defaults and prompt templates.

Two entries have similar names but open different pages. Tutorials opens the Explore tab of the home screen. The Explore entry opens the community library.

At the bottom of the sidebar are your credit balance, the language switcher and the theme toggle for light or dark mode. The version label there opens the release notes.

The workflow editor at a glance

When you open a workflow, the editor shows these areas:

Area	Where	What it is for
Top bar	Top	Back to project, the workflow name, the save status and the More options menu with Export and Import.
Editor tabs	Top center	Editor for the canvas, Present for sharing and publishing, Executions for the run history, and Cost on Nodaro Cloud for what the runs cost.
Node sidebar	Left	Every node, grouped by tab and family. Click a node to add it. `Ctrl`+`B` shows or hides it.
Canvas	Center	Where the nodes and connections are.
Canvas toolbar	A vertical rail on the canvas	Add Node, Components, search, My Library, Media Library, Add Sticky Note, Tidy Up, Clear all results, Undo, Redo and Keyboard shortcuts. You can drag the rail to another place.
Settings panel	Right	The settings of the node you open.
Run bar	Bottom center	Execute workflow, with the credit estimate. During a run, it shows the progress.
Copilot	Left, beside the canvas	The Copilot panel, on Nodaro Cloud.

The Nodaro workflow editor with the Editor, Present, Executions, Cost and Copilot tabs at the top, the canvas toolbar on the left, a small image-to-video workflow on the canvas and Execute workflow at the bottom.

The editor saves your workflow automatically a few seconds after each change. The top bar shows Saved, Saving..., Unsaved or Save failed. Press Ctrl+S to save at once.

The canvas

The canvas is the space where you place and connect nodes. Each node does one job, and each connection carries a result from one node to the next. Nodes and connections explains both in detail.

Move around. Drag the empty canvas, or scroll. Pinch to zoom, or press Alt+= and Alt+-.
Select. Click a node to select it. Hold Shift and drag to select several nodes, or press Ctrl+A to select all.
Act on a node. Right-click a node for Run, Run from here, Skip Node, Duplicate and Delete. With several nodes selected, Run selected runs only those.
Organize. Tidy Up arranges the nodes in order. A Sticky Note holds a comment, and a Group keeps related nodes together.
Find. Find in workflow searches the nodes of this workflow by type, name, model or prompt.
Undo. Undo and Redo in the canvas toolbar, or Ctrl+Z, work while the editor is open.

The node picker

The node picker is the menu you add nodes from. It groups every node by what you want to do.

Press Tab on the canvas to add a node where the pointer is.
Click Add Node in the canvas toolbar.
Drag a connection from a node and drop it on empty canvas. The picker then shows only the nodes that can connect there, and connects the new node for you.

Tab	What it holds
Common	A short list of the most used nodes, in six groups: Create, Edit, Add Your Own, Build Once, Reuse, Batch and Finish. Every node here also appears on its own tab.
Image	Add Your Own, Create, Edit & Retouch, References and Understand.
Video	Add Your Own, Create, Story & Script, Animate & Perform, Continue & Restyle, Cut & Assemble, Sound for Video, Titles, Graphics & Captions, Format & Export and Analyze.
Audio	Add Your Own, Speech & Voiceover, Voices, Music, Sound Effects, Clean & Separate, Analyze, Edit Audio and Transcribe.
Models	Every model, grouped by series. Choosing a model adds the node that runs it, with the model already selected. Below the models are the Generation Settings nodes, such as Provider and Aspect Ratio.
Assets	Characters, Creatures, Places and Objects: the nodes that keep a subject the same in every image and video.
Automate	Triggers, Get Content, Text, Lists & Batching, Logic & Data, Workflows and Canvas.
Publish	One-Click, Platforms and Export: the nodes that post or save your results.
All	Every family of every tab in one list.

The Image, Video and Audio tabs show up to three popular nodes at the top. They also end with a collapsed Creative Controls block with the pickers, such as Lighting, Framing and Mood. Click Show to open it.

Search. Type in the search box to find a node by name, or a model by name, company or setting. Results from the current tab come first, then models, then matches From other tabs, each marked with its tab. Use the arrow keys to move, Enter to choose and Esc to close.

Auto Connect. When a node is selected and Auto Connect is on, the new node connects to it. A small dialog lets you name the new node and choose the connection, or choose Don't connect (just add).

The node picker open on the Common tab, with the tab bar, the search box and the Create group that starts with Text, Generate Image and Generate Video.

The node reference documents every node, tab by tab.

The settings panel

The settings panel shows every setting of one node. To open it, double-click the node, press Enter with the node selected, or click the settings button in the strip under the node. Close it with its close button or Esc.

From top to bottom, the panel shows:

Label: the name of the node on the canvas. A clear label makes a large workflow readable, and you can use it as a prompt variable.
Presets: a menu of saved settings for this node. See Presets.
The node's settings, such as Provider, Prompt, Aspect Ratio or Duration. The settings change with the model you choose.
Pre & post text, on nodes with a prompt: text added before and after the prompt at run time. See Prompt pre and post text.
Results: the results of the node, when it has any.
Repeat, on generation nodes: run the node up to 20 times in one click.
Run This Node and Run from here.

Click Expand to full screen to give the panel the whole window, for example to browse a picker's options. Ctrl+I does the same.

Running nodes and workflows

Button	Where it is	What runs
Run	In the strip under a node	Only this node, with the current results of the nodes before it.
Run from here	Under a Text node, in the right-click menu, or in the settings panel	This node and every node after it, in order.
Run selected	In the right-click menu, with several nodes selected	Only the selected nodes.
Execute workflow	At the bottom of the canvas	Every node in the workflow, in order. Nodaro asks you to confirm first.

On Nodaro Cloud, each button shows its price in credits before you click it. While a node runs, its Run button becomes Stop, which also lets you discard the run or run it again. Running workflows explains progress, stopping, failures and refunds.

Results and versions

When a node finishes, its result appears on the node. Point at the result to download it, open it full screen, or delete it.

Every new run of a node adds a result and keeps the earlier ones. When a node has more than one result, a counter appears on it. Click the counter to see every version and choose one. The version you choose is the one that the next node receives.

Clear all results, the eraser button in the canvas toolbar, removes every result from the canvas and keeps your prompts, settings and uploads. Your files stay in your account, and Undo brings the results back. See Running workflows.

The Copilot

On Nodaro Cloud, the Copilot builds and edits workflows from a description. Open its panel with the Copilot button beside the editor tabs, the narrow COPILOT tab beside the canvas, or Ctrl+J. It adds and connects nodes while you watch, and it never starts a run without your permission. Read Build a workflow with the Copilot.

Language and theme

The language switcher at the bottom of the sidebar changes the language of the whole app in one step: the menus, the picker catalogs, dates and numbers, and the Copilot's answers. Signed in, your choice is saved to your account and follows you to other devices. Node names and model names stay the same in every language, and the canvas keeps its left-to-right layout. See Languages.

The theme toggle next to it switches between the light and the dark theme.

Keyboard shortcuts

Press ? in the editor to see every shortcut. On a Mac, use ⌘ where this table says Ctrl.

Shortcut	What it does
`Tab`	Add a node where the pointer is
`Enter`	Open or close the settings panel of the selected node
`Ctrl`+`E`	Open or close the prompt editor of the selected node
`Ctrl`+`S`	Save the workflow
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Undo
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Z`	Redo
`Ctrl`+`D`	Duplicate the selected nodes
`Delete`	Delete the selection
`Ctrl`+`F`	Find a node in this workflow
`Ctrl`+`K`	Search your projects and workflows
`Alt`+`T`	Tidy up the canvas
`Shift`+`S`	Add a sticky note
`Ctrl`+`J`	Show or hide the Copilot panel
`Ctrl`+`B`	Show or hide the node sidebar
`Ctrl`+`M`	Show or hide the Media Library
`Ctrl`+`L`	Open My Library
`Alt`+`F`	Show the result of the selected node full screen
`Esc`	Close a panel or clear the selection

My Library holds your saved characters, locations, objects and creatures. The Media Library holds your images, videos and audio, ready to add to the canvas. See Assets and media.

Tour of the editor