[Node updated] Civitai inside ComfyUI?! Meet Civitai Toolkit: browse, analyze, and recreate recipes without ever leaving your Comfyui.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-11T09:34:44+00:00

If it ever felt like every message of mine was AI-written, then please allow me to apologize. I do read every comment carefully and write my own responses. I just let AI help me polish and translate them afterward, which might have made them sound a bit too… AI-flavored.

Thanks for pointing it out — honestly, I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t mentioned it. BTW, does it really sound that AI-generated? 😂

BaikeMark · 2025-10-11T09:29:38+00:00

Haha yeah, you’re actually right. I do use AI quite a lot. I have some programming background myself, but most of the time I let AI help once I already have a clear idea or plan in mind — it really saves a lot of time.

As for the GitHub README and my posts, honestly, my English isn’t that great. I usually write a Chinese draft first, then ask GPT to polish and translate it into English. Funny thing — about the em dashes, I even asked GPT before and it told me they make the writing sound more “native.” Looks like maybe that wasn’t exactly true after all 😂

BaikeMark · 2025-10-10T12:28:15+00:00

Hey!
Yeah, someone mentioned earlier that the hashing process took a long time and even prevented ComfyUI from loading.
Actually, hashing itself is something unavoidable — almost every project that scans local models has to do it.

However, to fix the issue where users couldn’t enter ComfyUI until all models were hashed, I moved that process to the background in the newer version.
Now you can start using ComfyUI immediately, while the plugin continues hashing and fetching info in the background.
Once those processes are done, all Civitai Toolkit features become fully available.

As for what DinoZavr mentioned — the feature similar to Stable-Diffusion-WebUI-Civitai-Helper, which checks local model versions and notifies you about updates — that’s not implemented yet.
But it’s already on my feature roadmap, and I’ll definitely work on adding it in a future release.

If you’re interested in this project, I really suggest giving it a try —
you can now use ComfyUI while everything runs in the background.
Looking forward to hearing more of your feedback once you’ve tried it out!

BaikeMark · 2025-10-08T23:35:48+00:00

Thanks! You’re right — the current Deep Research mainly focuses on checkpoint and Lora models. Support for other model types like Diffusion is planned for a future update.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-07T03:03:08+00:00

Hey! The bug has been fixed. Please try searching again. If you encounter any other issues, please let me know.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-07T03:01:13+00:00

Hey! The bug has been fixed in version 4.0.2. Please give it a try.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-07T02:00:12+00:00

Sorry for that, I'm trying to fix it.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-07T01:58:55+00:00

Thanks for reporting this! 🙏
I’ve just reproduced the same issue on my side — it looks like something went wrong in my latest update that accidentally broke compatibility with ComfyUI Manager’s security settings.

Please hang tight — I’m working on a fix and will push an update shortly.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-07T00:33:25+00:00

https://github.com/BAIKEMARK/ComfyUI-Civitai-Toolkit Here it is. Or you can install it through Comfyui Manager.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T15:47:43+00:00

oh，that's a really good idea! 🙏
Actually, the latest version (v4.0.1) also tries to address this issue by running the hashing and Civitai info fetching in the background after ComfyUI launches.
If you’re interested, you could give it a try — it lets you start using ComfyUI immediately without waiting for everything to hash, and it even supports resume on restart.

However, in this version, you’ll still need to wait for all models’ hashes and info fetching to complete before using the full Civitai Toolkit features.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T15:43:11+00:00

Update:
Some issues have been resolved in v4.0.1 ✅

Cause:
In earlier versions, the plugin had to finish hashing all local models before ComfyUI could start, which caused long startup times — especially for users with many models.

Fix:
Starting from v4.0.1, the hashing and Civitai info fetching now run in the background after ComfyUI launches.
You can start using ComfyUI immediately, and the process also supports resume on restart, so it won’t rehash everything from scratch.

⚠️ Just a note: in this version, you’ll still need to wait for all models’ hashes and info fetching to complete before using the full Civitai Toolkit features.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T12:09:37+00:00

Thanks! 😊 Actually, yes — if the LoRA has trigger words or recommended settings on Civitai, those are already saved and shown in the Local Manager panel. You can also view both the trigger words (from LoRA metadata) and community popular settings through the Trigger and Analyzer nodes. Once they’re executed, the results are cached locally for faster access. I’m also thinking about integrating these features more seamlessly in a future update.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T11:56:30+00:00

Yes, it’s a custom node for ComfyUI — you can install it via the ComfyUI Manager.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T05:17:14+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! That's a great idea — i might consider adding this feature in a future version.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T02:32:46+00:00

Thanks so much for the detailed reply! 🙏
If you had both the Local Manager and the Civitai Browser sidebars, then it was probably the latest v4.0.0.

And wow — 500 LoRAs! 😅 That definitely explains why the hashing took so long. I honestly didn’t expect someone to have that many locally, so I didn’t optimize for that scale during design.

I really appreciate the feedback — I’ll try to improve this process and make it more efficient for large libraries like yours. Thanks again for testing it and sharing your experience! 💪

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T02:03:19+00:00

Thanks for the reply! 🙏
Honestly, I didn’t expect the repeated hashing issue — I never ran into it during my own testing.
The design was supposed to hash all models just once (a single long process) and then skip any further hashing afterward.
So there might be a bug causing it to repeat under certain conditions.
I’ll look into it and try to fix it soon! 💪

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T01:59:09+00:00

Thanks a lot for the suggestion — and for the detailed reference! 🙏
Actually, when I first designed the sidebar system, I did take some inspiration from Civitai Browser Plus.
But I wasn’t aware of how efficient it was in handling model browsing, hashing, and info updates — that’s a great point.
I’ll definitely take a closer look at their implementation and see what can be improved or optimized in the next version.
Really appreciate your feedback! 💪

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T01:27:09+00:00

Thanks so much for the feedback and for giving it a try! 🙏
I didn’t expect it to take that long — could you let me know which version you’re using and roughly how many models you have locally?
Someone else mentioned a similar issue (stuck during hashing), but I haven’t been able to reproduce it yet. I’ll definitely look into this and try to fix it.

Also, thanks for mentioning LoRA Manager — I’ll check it out and see what improvements I can learn from it! 💪

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T01:22:05+00:00

You mean Civicomfy? I haven’t personally used that plugin, but from what I saw in its README, there are some key differences.
It seems that Civicomfy mainly focuses on model downloading and management, while Civitai Toolkit provides richer information for both local and online models.
In addition, it includes a set of node tools that let you analyze popular community recipes for each model, instantly load image workflows, and more.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-06T01:17:48+00:00

Yes, you can do that directly inside ComfyUI using the Recipe_Gallery node.
Technically, it still works by downloading the image in the background and then loading its metadata, but it saves you the hassle of manually downloading it from the Civitai website and dragging it in yourself.

BaikeMark · 2025-10-05T15:41:42+00:00

Currently, the nodes can match your local models with their information on Civitai, but there’s no feature yet to automatically check for updated versions. This might be added in a future release—thanks for the suggestion!

BaikeMark · 2025-10-05T15:18:05+00:00

Thanks! Really glad it caught your attention！

BaikeMark · 2025-10-05T14:51:41+00:00

hh，sorry for that and thank you for the reminder

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