NodeInsLab 2026.3.0

The largest release since launch. NodeInsLab gains an AI assistant that builds graphs for you, distributed execution across machines, a fully redesigned interface, and four new instrumentation plugins — data logging, professional PDF reporting, live dashboards, and dockable workspaces.

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AI Assistant

An AI panel now lives inside the editor. Describe what you want to measure and it wires the graph.

• Build graphs from a sentence — creates nodes, connections, variables and tabs directly on the canvas, with automatic layout so the result is readable, not a knot.
• Bring your own provider — Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, or a local model through LM Studio or any OpenAI-compatible server. Nothing leaves your machine when you run local.
• Live streaming responses with a collapsible activity log, so you can see every action the assistant takes on your project.
• Recipes — ready-made templates (for example a full Arduino dashboard) generated in one step.
• Compact prompt mode for small-context local models.

Automation & Integration

• MCP server — connect NodeInsLab to external agents and tools through the Model Context Protocol, with hardware context, plugin awareness and structured execution diagnostics.

Distributed & Headless Execution

Run a graph on the machine that is wired to the hardware, and keep the editor on your desk.

• Headless runner execute projects with no GUI, on a lab PC or an embedded target.
• Session-based remote execution — start a run, detach, close your laptop, reattach later and pick the run back up.
• One-click workspace sync — the whole project, including plugin dependencies, is packaged and shipped to the remote host automatically.
• Unified network topology — declare your hosts once; DDS configuration, host identity and capability checks follow from it. Add This PC and Test Core Host buttons verify a target before you commit to a run.
• Smarter environment setup — automatic uv discovery, dependency bootstrap and clear, actionable errors instead of silent fallbacks.

Interface

• Redesigned node menu — a two-pane browser with fuzzy search, category tree, rich node cards and context-aware filtering. Finding a node is now a keystroke, not a hunt.
• New look, applied live — a refreshed navy Default theme and a modern Light theme. Switching themes no longer requires restarting the application; every panel, dialog and subprocess window restyles in place.
• Variable groups — organise the sidebar into collapsible, colour-coded groups with drag-and-drop reordering and full undo support.
• Issue Resolver — a dedicated panel replaces blocking dialogs on project load. Connection problems and outdated nodes appear as cards with an Update button and click-to-navigate highlighting on the canvas.
• Inline editor widgets — click-drag scrubbing on numbers, inline text entry, native dropdowns, all theme-aware.
• Auto-align (Space) tidies selected nodes with undo support; replay walks through how a graph was built, with camera pan.
• Quality of life — panel sizes persist across restarts, variables can be swapped in place on Get/Set nodes, port groups can be removed from their header, and an examples menu surfaces every plugin's sample projects.

Security

• Signed installers — every release is cryptographically signed, and the auto-updater refuses anything that does not verify.
• Multi-key verification with key rotation support.
• Hardened plugin distribution — signature verification on download, and stricter authentication on the plugin marketplace.

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Installation

Download NodeInsLab_v2026.3.0_Setup.exe and run it. Existing installations upgrade in place; your projects, settings and installed plugins are preserved.

Purchased plugins are not bundled with the installer — sign in inside the application and download them from the marketplace.