diff --git a/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
index 443bee6539..9718a39ffd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ export interface IN8nUISettings {
 	timezone: string;
 	urlBaseWebhook: string;
 	versionCli: string;
+	n8nMetadata?: {
+		[key: string]: string | number | undefined;
+	};
 }
 
 export interface IPackageVersions {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
index 5e28745774..8f4151b08f 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ export interface INodeTypesMaxCount {
 	};
 }
 
+export interface IExternalHooks {
+	run(eventName: string, metadata?: IDataObject): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 export interface IRestApi {
 	getActiveWorkflows(): Promise<string[]>;
 	getActivationError(id: string): Promise<IActivationError | undefined >;
@@ -406,6 +410,9 @@ export interface IN8nUISettings {
 	};
 	urlBaseWebhook: string;
 	versionCli: string;
+	n8nMetadata?: {
+		[key: string]: string | number | undefined;
+	};
 }
 
 export interface IWorkflowSettings extends IWorkflowSettingsWorkflow {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsInput.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsInput.vue
index 86104a5c3f..0da2b05adb 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsInput.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsInput.vue
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 
 import { copyPaste } from '@/components/mixins/copyPaste';
+import { externalHooks } from '@/components/mixins/externalHooks';
 import { restApi } from '@/components/mixins/restApi';
 import { nodeHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/nodeHelpers';
 import { showMessage } from '@/components/mixins/showMessage';
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
 
 export default mixins(
 	copyPaste,
+	externalHooks,
 	nodeHelpers,
 	restApi,
 	showMessage,
@@ -336,6 +338,8 @@ export default mixins(
 
 			this.$emit('credentialsCreated', {data: result, options: { closeDialog }});
 
+			this.$externalHooks().run('credentials.create', { credentialTypeData: this.credentialTypeData });
+
 			return result;
 		},
 		async oAuthCredentialAuthorize () {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/MainSidebar.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/MainSidebar.vue
index 8208cfdff9..2b6ae3e054 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/MainSidebar.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/MainSidebar.vue
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ import { restApi } from '@/components/mixins/restApi';
 import { showMessage } from '@/components/mixins/showMessage';
 import { titleChange } from '@/components/mixins/titleChange';
 import { workflowHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/workflowHelpers';
-import { workflowSave } from '@/components/mixins/workflowSave';
 import { workflowRun } from '@/components/mixins/workflowRun';
 
 import { saveAs } from 'file-saver';
@@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ export default mixins(
 	titleChange,
 	workflowHelpers,
 	workflowRun,
-	workflowSave,
 )
 	.extend({
 		name: 'MainHeader',
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/WorkflowActivator.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/WorkflowActivator.vue
index 67fbaff7be..a3df33c045 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/WorkflowActivator.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/WorkflowActivator.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 <script lang="ts">
 
+import { externalHooks } from '@/components/mixins/externalHooks';
 import { genericHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/genericHelpers';
 import { restApi } from '@/components/mixins/restApi';
 import { showMessage } from '@/components/mixins/showMessage';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import {
 import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
 
 export default mixins(
+	externalHooks,
 	genericHelpers,
 	restApi,
 	showMessage,
@@ -121,10 +123,12 @@ export default mixins(
 					}
 
 					const currentWorkflowId = this.$store.getters.workflowId;
+					let activationEventName = 'workflow.activeChange';
 					if (currentWorkflowId === this.workflowId) {
 						// If the status of the current workflow got changed
 						// commit it specifically
 						this.$store.commit('setActive', newActiveState);
+						activationEventName = 'workflow.activeChangeCurrent';
 					}
 
 					if (newActiveState === true) {
@@ -133,6 +137,8 @@ export default mixins(
 						this.$store.commit('setWorkflowInactive', this.workflowId);
 					}
 
+					this.$externalHooks().run(activationEventName, { workflowId: this.workflowId, active: newActiveState });
+
 					this.$emit('workflowActiveChanged', { id: this.workflowId, active: newActiveState });
 					this.loading = false;
 				},
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/externalHooks.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/externalHooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0729cce732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/externalHooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { IExternalHooks } from '@/Interface';
+import { IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import { Store } from 'vuex';
+
+export async function runExternalHook(
+	eventName: string,
+	store: Store<IDataObject>,
+	metadata?: IDataObject,
+) {
+	// @ts-ignore
+	if (!window.n8nExternalHooks) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const [resource, operator] = eventName.split('.');
+
+	// @ts-ignore
+	if (window.n8nExternalHooks[resource] && window.n8nExternalHooks[resource][operator]) {
+		// @ts-ignore
+		const hookMethods = window.n8nExternalHooks[resource][operator];
+
+		for (const hookmethod of hookMethods) {
+			await hookmethod(store, metadata);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export const externalHooks = Vue.extend({
+	methods: {
+		$externalHooks(): IExternalHooks {
+			return {
+				run: async (eventName: string, metadata?: IDataObject): Promise<void> => {
+					await runExternalHook.call(this, eventName, this.$store, metadata);
+				},
+			};
+		},
+	},
+});
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowHelpers.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowHelpers.ts
index ba01dfb00e..692c813412 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowHelpers.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 	XYPositon,
 } from '../../Interface';
 
+import { externalHooks } from '@/components/mixins/externalHooks';
 import { restApi } from '@/components/mixins/restApi';
 import { nodeHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/nodeHelpers';
 import { showMessage } from '@/components/mixins/showMessage';
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import { isEqual } from 'lodash';
 import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
 
 export const workflowHelpers = mixins(
+	externalHooks,
 	nodeHelpers,
 	restApi,
 	showMessage,
@@ -422,6 +424,7 @@ export const workflowHelpers = mixins(
 						this.$store.commit('setWorkflowId', workflowData.id);
 						this.$store.commit('setWorkflowName', {newName: workflowData.name, setStateDirty: false});
 						this.$store.commit('setWorkflowSettings', workflowData.settings || {});
+						this.$store.commit('setStateDirty', false);
 					} else {
 						// Workflow exists already so update it
 						await this.restApi().updateWorkflow(currentWorkflow, workflowData);
@@ -441,6 +444,7 @@ export const workflowHelpers = mixins(
 						message: `The workflow "${workflowData.name}" got saved!`,
 						type: 'success',
 					});
+					this.$externalHooks().run('workflow.afterUpdate', { workflowData });
 				} catch (e) {
 					this.$store.commit('removeActiveAction', 'workflowSaving');
 
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowRun.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowRun.ts
index ea375f7399..72c535afb1 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowRun.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowRun.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 	NodeHelpers,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
+import { externalHooks } from '@/components/mixins/externalHooks';
 import { restApi } from '@/components/mixins/restApi';
 import { workflowHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/workflowHelpers';
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
 import { titleChange } from './titleChange';
 
 export const workflowRun = mixins(
+	externalHooks,
 	restApi,
 	workflowHelpers,
 	titleChange,
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ export const workflowRun = mixins(
 							duration: 0,
 						});
 						this.$titleSet(workflow.name as string, 'ERROR');
+						this.$externalHooks().run('workflow.runError', { errorMessages });
 						return;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowSave.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowSave.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 60dd135fe4..0000000000
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowSave.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-import {
-	IWorkflowData,
-} from '../../Interface';
-
-import { restApi } from '@/components/mixins/restApi';
-import { nodeHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/nodeHelpers';
-import { showMessage } from '@/components/mixins/showMessage';
-import { workflowHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/workflowHelpers';
-
-import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
-
-export const workflowSave = mixins(
-	nodeHelpers,
-	restApi,
-	showMessage,
-	workflowHelpers,
-)
-	.extend({
-		methods: {
-			// Saves the currently loaded workflow to the database.
-			async saveCurrentWorkflow (withNewName = false) {
-				const currentWorkflow = this.$route.params.name;
-				let workflowName: string | null | undefined = '';
-				if (currentWorkflow === undefined || withNewName === true) {
-					// Currently no workflow name is set to get it from user
-					workflowName = await this.$prompt(
-						'Enter workflow name',
-						'Name',
-						{
-							confirmButtonText: 'Save',
-							cancelButtonText: 'Cancel',
-						},
-					)
-						.then((data) => {
-							// @ts-ignore
-							return data.value;
-						})
-						.catch(() => {
-							// User did cancel
-							return undefined;
-						});
-
-					if (workflowName === undefined) {
-						// User did cancel
-						return;
-					} else if (['', null].includes(workflowName)) {
-						// User did not enter a name
-						this.$showMessage({
-							title: 'Name missing',
-							message: `No name for the workflow got entered and could so not be saved!`,
-							type: 'error',
-						});
-						return;
-					}
-				}
-
-				try {
-					this.$store.commit('addActiveAction', 'workflowSaving');
-
-					let workflowData: IWorkflowData = await this.getWorkflowDataToSave();
-
-					if (currentWorkflow === undefined || withNewName === true) {
-						// Workflow is new or is supposed to get saved under a new name
-						// so create a new entry in database
-						workflowData.name = workflowName!.trim() as string;
-
-						if (withNewName === true) {
-							// If an existing workflow gets resaved with a new name
-							// make sure that the new ones is not active
-							workflowData.active = false;
-						}
-
-						workflowData = await this.restApi().createNewWorkflow(workflowData);
-
-						this.$store.commit('setActive', workflowData.active || false);
-						this.$store.commit('setWorkflowId', workflowData.id);
-						this.$store.commit('setWorkflowName', {newName: workflowData.name, setStateDirty: false});
-						this.$store.commit('setWorkflowSettings', workflowData.settings || {});
-					} else {
-						// Workflow exists already so update it
-						await this.restApi().updateWorkflow(currentWorkflow, workflowData);
-					}
-					// Set dirty = false before pushing route so unsaved changes message doesnt trigger.
-					this.$store.commit('setStateDirty', false);
-
-					if (this.$route.params.name !== workflowData.id) {
-						this.$router.push({
-							name: 'NodeViewExisting',
-							params: { name: workflowData.id as string, action: 'workflowSave' },
-						});
-					}
-
-					this.$store.commit('removeActiveAction', 'workflowSaving');
-					this.$showMessage({
-						title: 'Workflow saved',
-						message: `The workflow "${workflowData.name}" got saved!`,
-						type: 'success',
-					});
-				} catch (e) {
-					this.$store.commit('removeActiveAction', 'workflowSaving');
-
-					this.$showMessage({
-						title: 'Problem saving workflow',
-						message: `There was a problem saving the workflow: "${e.message}"`,
-						type: 'error',
-					});
-				}
-			},
-		},
-	});
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts
index 45ab37ed8f..456ece5ced 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/main.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import './n8n-theme.scss';
 import App from '@/App.vue';
 import router from './router';
 
+import { runExternalHook } from './components/mixins/externalHooks';
+
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import {
 	faAngleDoubleLeft,
@@ -172,6 +174,9 @@ library.add(faUsers);
 Vue.component('font-awesome-icon', FontAwesomeIcon);
 
 Vue.config.productionTip = false;
+router.afterEach((to, from) => {
+	runExternalHook('main.routeChange', store, { from, to });
+});
 
 new Vue({
 	router,
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/store.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/store.ts
index 92437129e8..586211e166 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/store.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
 		maxExecutionTimeout: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
 		versionCli: '0.0.0',
 		oauthCallbackUrls: {},
+		n8nMetadata: {},
 		workflowExecutionData: null as IExecutionResponse | null,
 		lastSelectedNode: null as string | null,
 		lastSelectedNodeOutputIndex: null as number | null,
@@ -530,7 +531,9 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
 		setOauthCallbackUrls(state, urls: IDataObject) {
 			Vue.set(state, 'oauthCallbackUrls', urls);
 		},
-
+		setN8nMetadata(state, metadata: IDataObject) {
+			Vue.set(state, 'n8nMetadata', metadata);
+		},
 		setActiveNode (state, nodeName: string) {
 			state.activeNode = nodeName;
 		},
@@ -653,6 +656,9 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
 		oauthCallbackUrls: (state): object => {
 			return state.oauthCallbackUrls;
 		},
+		n8nMetadata: (state): object => {
+			return state.n8nMetadata;
+		},
 
 		// Push Connection
 		pushConnectionActive: (state): boolean => {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/views/NodeView.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/views/NodeView.vue
index fff03cb087..220c4da26b 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/views/NodeView.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/views/NodeView.vue
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ import { MessageBoxInputData } from 'element-ui/types/message-box';
 import { jsPlumb, Endpoint, OnConnectionBindInfo } from 'jsplumb';
 import { NODE_NAME_PREFIX, PLACEHOLDER_EMPTY_WORKFLOW_ID } from '@/constants';
 import { copyPaste } from '@/components/mixins/copyPaste';
+import { externalHooks } from '@/components/mixins/externalHooks';
 import { genericHelpers } from '@/components/mixins/genericHelpers';
 import { mouseSelect } from '@/components/mixins/mouseSelect';
 import { moveNodeWorkflow } from '@/components/mixins/moveNodeWorkflow';
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ import {
 
 export default mixins(
 	copyPaste,
+	externalHooks,
 	genericHelpers,
 	mouseSelect,
 	moveNodeWorkflow,
@@ -375,6 +377,8 @@ export default mixins(
 
 				this.$store.commit('setStateDirty', false);
 
+				this.$externalHooks().run('workflow.open', { workflowId, workflowName: data.name });
+
 				return data;
 			},
 			touchTap (e: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) {
@@ -1969,6 +1973,7 @@ export default mixins(
 				this.$store.commit('setMaxExecutionTimeout', settings.maxExecutionTimeout);
 				this.$store.commit('setVersionCli', settings.versionCli);
 				this.$store.commit('setOauthCallbackUrls', settings.oauthCallbackUrls);
+				this.$store.commit('setN8nMetadata', settings.n8nMetadata || {});
 			},
 			async loadNodeTypes (): Promise<void> {
 				const nodeTypes = await this.restApi().getNodeTypes();
@@ -2033,6 +2038,8 @@ export default mixins(
 				}
 				this.stopLoading();
 			});
+
+			this.$externalHooks().run('nodeView.mount');
 		},
 
 		destroyed () {