✨ Make it possible to disable the UI

packages/cli/config/index.ts

@@ -507,6 +507,12 @@ const config = convict({
 			env: 'N8N_ENDPOINT_WEBHOOK_TEST',
 			doc: 'Path for test-webhook endpoint',
 		},
+		disableUi: {
+			format: Boolean,
+			default: false,
+			env: 'N8N_DISABLE_UI',
+			doc: 'Disable N8N UI (Frontend).',
+		},
 		disableProductionWebhooksOnMainProcess: {
 			format: Boolean,
 			default: false,

packages/cli/src/Server.ts

@@ -2884,6 +2884,7 @@ class App {
 			);
 		}
 
+		if (config.get('endpoints.disableUi') !== true) {
 			// Read the index file and replace the path placeholder
 			const editorUiPath = require.resolve('n8n-editor-ui');
 			const filePath = pathJoin(pathDirname(editorUiPath), 'dist', 'index.html');
@@ -2899,7 +2900,6 @@ class App {
 			});
 
 			// Serve the website
-		const startTime = new Date().toUTCString();
 			this.app.use(
 				'/',
 				express.static(pathJoin(pathDirname(editorUiPath), 'dist'), {
@@ -2915,6 +2915,8 @@ class App {
 				}),
 			);
 		}
+		const startTime = new Date().toUTCString();
+	}
 }
 
 export async function start(): Promise<void> {