ComfyUI
by Comfy Org
At a glance
Open-source, node-based interface for building and running image and video generation workflows with diffusion models.
open-source node-based stable-diffusion workflows
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Category
- Image Generation
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023
Overview
ComfyUI is an open-source, node-based interface for building and running image and video generation workflows with diffusion models such as Stable Diffusion and Flux. Users compose pipelines visually from nodes, save and share workflow graphs, and extend the system with a large ecosystem of custom nodes. The software is free and runs locally, with optional paid API access to hosted frontier models.
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Key features
- Visual node graph editor for generation pipelines
- Support for image and video diffusion models
- Large ecosystem of community custom nodes
- Exportable, reusable workflow files
Use cases
- Building advanced multi-step image generation pipelines
- Automating repeatable generation workflows
- Experimenting with new open models and techniques
Pricing
ComfyUI is free and open source and runs on local hardware; optional API nodes for hosted commercial models are billed per use.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/comfyui/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Image generation
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- Self-run service
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- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
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- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
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- GPL-3.0
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- Permitted
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- Not recorded
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- Open source Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
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- Works offline
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- Public API
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- Licence
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- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is ComfyUI?
ComfyUI is an open-source node-based tool for constructing image and video generation workflows with diffusion models.
Is ComfyUI free?
Yes. ComfyUI is free open-source software that runs locally; only optional hosted model API nodes cost money.
Do I need a powerful GPU for ComfyUI?
Local generation performance depends on your GPU, though smaller models run on modest hardware and hosted APIs offload heavy models.
What does ComfyUI not record?
No documentation or pricing page and no deployment field are recorded, because ComfyUI joined the guide after that fetch round; its licence is stated only as GPL-3.0.
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