ComfyUI

The most powerful and modular visual AI engine and application.

ComfyUI lets you design and execute advanced stable diffusion pipelines using a graph/nodes/flowchart based interface.

Quick Start (One Command - No GPU Required)

Run ComfyUI on cloud GPU with a single command. No local GPU or complex setup needed.

python deploy/launch.py

This will:

1. Auto-install required packages
2. Prompt for your RunPod API key
3. Deploy ComfyUI with ComfyUI-Manager to a cloud GPU
4. Open the browser when ready

Prerequisites

1. Python 3.8+ installed on your machine
2. RunPod API Key - Get it from runpod.io/console/user/settings
3. Optional: Anthropic API Key - For AI Agent feature, get from console.anthropic.com

GPU Options & Pricing

GPU	VRAM	Price/hr	Best For
RTX A4000	16GB	~$0.20	SD1.5, SDXL (basic)
RTX A5000	24GB	~$0.30	SDXL, Flux
RTX 3090	24GB	~$0.30	SDXL, Flux
RTX 4090	24GB	~$0.50	Best performance
A100 80GB	80GB	~$1.50	Large models, video

Deployment Commands

# Deploy (default)
python deploy/launch.py

# Check status
python deploy/launch.py status

# Stop and remove (stops billing)
python deploy/launch.py destroy

Environment Variables (Optional)

Set these to skip interactive prompts:

export RUNPOD_API_KEY=your-runpod-api-key
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-anthropic-api-key  # For AI Agent

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Alternative Installation Methods

Desktop Application (Easiest for Local GPU)

Download from comfy.org/download - Available on Windows & macOS.

Windows Portable

Direct download - Extract and run.

comfy-cli

pip install comfy-cli
comfy install

Manual Install

See the Installation Wiki for detailed instructions for all platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS) and GPU types (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple Silicon, Ascend).

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Running

python main.py

With ComfyUI-Manager:

pip install -r manager_requirements.txt
python main.py --enable-manager

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Documentation

Topic	Link
Features	Wiki: Features
Keyboard Shortcuts	Wiki: Shortcuts
Examples & Workflows	Examples
Installation Details	Wiki: Installation
GPU Recommendations	Wiki: GPU Guide
Frontend Development	ComfyUI Frontend

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AI Agent (Experimental)

Generate workflows from natural language. Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

The agent appears as an input overlay at the bottom of the UI. Describe what you want to create, and it will build the workflow automatically.

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Support

• Discord
• Matrix
• Website

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Release Process

ComfyUI follows a weekly release cycle. See Wiki: Release Process for details.

Repository	Purpose
ComfyUI Core	Main engine
ComfyUI Desktop	Desktop application
ComfyUI Frontend	Web frontend