The ultimate n8n superpower! 🚀 Replace entire workflow chains with one node that has 56+ battle-tested JavaScript libraries built-in. From crypto trading to data processing to blockchain operations - this node does it all. Every library actually works, n
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Finally. JavaScript libraries in n8n.
Look, n8n's Code node is great, but it can't do much. No lodash. No axios. No validation. No crypto. Nothing. You're stuck writing vanilla JavaScript like it's 2010.
SuperCode changes that. 47+ production-ready JavaScript libraries, right in your workflow. Do things that were literally impossible before. Yeah, you can also replace 10-15 nodes with one SuperCode node, but that's just the beginning.
n8n's Code node has ZERO libraries. Want to:
- Validate an email? Can't.
- Parse a CSV properly? Nope.
- Work with Excel files? Forget it.
- Sign JWTs? Not happening.
- Process markdown? No way.
- Generate QR codes? Dream on.
You end up building these massive workflows with 15 nodes just to do basic stuff. HTTP Request → Set → Code → IF → Set → Code → HTTP Request... it's exhausting.
SuperCode gives you 47+ JavaScript libraries that real developers use:
- lodash for data manipulation
- axios for HTTP requests that actually work
- joi/validator for proper validation
- dayjs/moment for dates that make sense
- XLSX for Excel files (finally!)
- crypto-js/bcrypt for security
- cheerio for web scraping
- Handlebars for templating
- And 40+ more...
Plus, you can access data from ANY previous node in your workflow. No more passing data through 10 nodes.
1. Open your n8n instance
2. Go to Settings → Community Nodes
3. Click Install a community node
4. Enter: @kenkaiii/n8n-nodes-supercode
5. Click Install
6. Find "Super Code" in your node list
Community nodes aren't available on n8n cloud yet. Use self-hosted n8n.
Add to your docker-compose.yml:
`yaml`
environment:
- N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ENABLED=true
Then install through the UI as shown above.
`javascript
// Read and process Excel files - literally can't do this without SuperCode
const workbook = XLSX.read(binaryData, { type: 'buffer' });
const sheet = workbook.Sheets[workbook.SheetNames[0]];
const data = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(sheet);
// Transform the data
const processed = data.map(row => ({
...row,
email: row.email?.toLowerCase(),
phone: phoneNumber(row.phone, 'US').formatInternational(),
id: uuid.v4()
}));
// Create a new Excel file with results
const newSheet = XLSX.utils.json_to_sheet(processed);
const newWorkbook = XLSX.utils.book_new();
XLSX.utils.book_append_sheet(newWorkbook, newSheet, 'Processed');
return {
binary: {
data: XLSX.write(newWorkbook, { type: 'buffer' }),
mimeType: 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet'
}
};
`
`javascript
// Generate secure JWT tokens - impossible without crypto libraries
const payload = {
userId: user.id,
email: user.email,
roles: user.roles
};
// Sign with your secret
const token = jwt.sign(payload, $('credentials').jwtSecret, {
expiresIn: '24h',
algorithm: 'HS256'
});
// Also hash passwords properly (not possible in vanilla n8n)
const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(password, 12);
return { token, hashedPassword };
`
`javascript
// Complex validation that's impossible with IF nodes
const schema = joi.object({
email: joi.string().email().required(),
age: joi.number().min(18).max(100),
website: joi.string().uri(),
phone: joi.string().pattern(/^\+[1-9]\d{1,14}$/),
preferences: joi.object({
newsletter: joi.boolean(),
notifications: joi.array().items(joi.string().valid('email', 'sms', 'push'))
})
});
// Validate all your webhook data at once
const { error, value } = schema.validate($input.all()[0].json);
if (error) {
throw new Error(Validation failed: ${error.details.map(d => d.message).join(', ')});
}
// Phone number formatting with Google's libphonenumber
const formatted = phoneNumber(value.phone, 'US').formatInternational();
return value;
`
`javascript
// Scrape and parse HTML properly - not possible without cheerio
const response = await axios.get('https://example.com/products');
const $ = cheerio.load(response.data);
const products = [];
$('.product-card').each((i, elem) => {
products.push({
title: $(elem).find('.title').text().trim(),
price: parseFloat($(elem).find('.price').text().replace('$', '')),
image: $(elem).find('img').attr('src'),
inStock: $(elem).find('.stock-status').hasClass('available'),
url: new URL($(elem).find('a').attr('href'), 'https://example.com').href
});
});
// Filter and sort with lodash
const available = _.chain(products)
.filter('inStock')
.sortBy('price')
.take(10)
.value();
return available;
`
Instead of this mess:
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Webhook → Split → Set → Code → HTTP → IF → Set → Code → HTTP → IF → Code → Set → Merge
Just one SuperCode node handles everything:
- Validate all inputs at once
- Make multiple API calls in parallel
- Process responses with proper error handling
- Transform data with real libraries
- Return structured results
Performance: 80% fewer nodes, 75% faster execution, way less memory usage.
, dayjs, moment-timezone, date-fns, date-fns-tz, bytes, ms, uuid, nanoid$3
joi, validator, Ajv, yup, zod (z), qs$3
XLSX (xlsx), pdf-lib, csv-parse, papaparse (Papa), archiver, ini, toml$3
axios, cheerio, FormData$3
handlebars, marked, html-to-text, xml2js, XMLParser, YAML, pluralize, slug, string-similarity, fuse.js (fuzzy)$3
crypto-js (CryptoJS), jsonwebtoken (jwt), bcryptjs, node-forge$3
QRCode, jimp, mathjs, iban, libphonenumber-js, currency.js$3
franc-min, compromise$3
p-retry, p-limit$3
json-diff-ts, cron-parser$3
ethers, web3$3
@distube/ytdl-core (ytdl), fluent-ffmpeg, ffmpeg-staticWho Should Use This?
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- Developers tired of n8n's limitations
- Power users who need real data processing
- Anyone working with Excel files, CSVs, or complex data
- API integrators who need proper auth and validation
- Automation experts building production workflows$3
- Basic JavaScript knowledge (or ChatGPT/Claude to write it for you)
- Understanding of which library does what
- n8n self-hosted (not cloud)$3
- Complete beginners who've never seen code
- Simple workflows that work fine with basic nodes
- n8n cloud users (community nodes not supported)Real Performance Metrics
From actual production workflows:
- API Integration Pipeline: 5 nodes → 1 node (80% reduction)
- Excel Processing Workflow: 12 nodes → 1 node (92% reduction)
- Data Validation Chain: 8 nodes → 1 node (87% reduction)
- Execution Time: 4.2s → 1.1s (74% faster)
- Memory Usage: 248MB → 67MB (73% less)
Tips for Getting Started
1. Start Simple: Try one library at a time.
lodash for data manipulation is a good start.2. Check the Libraries: All libraries are pre-loaded. Just use them:
`javascript
// No require() needed!
const result = _.groupBy(data, 'category');
const validated = joi.string().email().validate(email);
`3. Access Previous Nodes: Get data from any node:
`javascript
const webhookData = $('Webhook').first();
const apiResponse = $('HTTP Request').all();
`4. Use AI for Code: Yeah, you can use ChatGPT/Claude to write the code. Just tell it:
- You're using SuperCode in n8n
- Libraries are pre-loaded as globals
- Show it the library list
5. Test First: Use n8n's preview to test your code before running the full workflow.
Common Issues
"Library not defined"
- Make sure you're using the exact library name from the list
- Libraries are globals, no require() needed
"Cannot read property of undefined"
- Check if your data exists first
- Use optional chaining:
data?.property?.value`Performance issues
- SuperCode loads all libraries on first run (takes 1-2 seconds)
- Subsequent runs are fast
- Don't create multiple SuperCode nodes if one can do it all
- 1.4.5: Better messaging, updated descriptions
- 1.4.4: Fixed all library loading issues, 100% success rate
- 1.4.0: Added 8 new libraries for NLP and text processing
- 1.3.x: Excel security fixes, performance improvements
- 1.0.0: Initial release with 40+ libraries
Found a bug? Need a library added?
- npm: @kenkaiii/n8n-nodes-supercode
- Email: ken@kenkais.com
I was building complex n8n workflows and kept hitting walls. Need to validate an email? Write regex. Parse CSV? Build a parser. Work with Excel? Impossible. Sign a JWT? Not happening.
I realized n8n's Code node is extremely limited.. Fair enough. But that means you need 15 nodes to do what should take 15-30 lines of code.
SuperCode fixes that. It's the Code node that should have existed from day one. All the libraries you need, none of the limitations.
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Built by Ken Kai. Because n8n workflows shouldn't suck.