This tutorial will guide you on how to download and start using ComfyUI Portable and run the corresponding programs
ComfyUI Portable is a standalone packaged complete ComfyUI Windows version that has integrated an independent Python (python_embeded) required for ComfyUI to run. You only need to extract it to use it. Currently, the portable version supports running through Nvidia GPU or CPU.
This guide section will walk you through installing ComfyUI Portable.
Double click either run_nvidia_gpu.bat or run_cpu.bat depending on your computer’s configuration to launch ComfyUI.
You will see the command running as shown in the image below
When you see something similar to the image
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To see the GUI go to: http://127.0.0.1:8188
At this point, your ComfyUI service has started. Normally, ComfyUI will automatically open your default browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8188. If it doesn’t open automatically, please manually open your browser and visit this address.
During use, please do not close the corresponding command line window, otherwise ComfyUI will stop running
You can use the batch commands in the update folder to upgrade your ComfyUI Portable version
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ComfyUI_windows_portable└─ 📂update ├── update.py ├── update_comfyui.bat // Update ComfyUI to the latest commit version ├── update_comfyui_and_python_dependencies.bat // Only use when you have issues with your runtime environment └── update_comfyui_stable.bat // Update ComfyUI to the latest stable version
2. ComfyUI Model Sharing and Custom Model Directory Configuration
If you are also using A1111 or want to customize your model storage location, you can modify the following file to complete the configuration
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ComfyUI_windows_portable└─ 📂ComfyUI └── extra_model_paths.yaml.example // This file is the configuration template
Please copy and rename the extra_model_paths.yaml.example to extra_model_paths.yaml.
Below is the original configuration file content, which you can modify according to your needs
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#Rename this to extra_model_paths.yaml and ComfyUI will load it#config for a1111 ui#all you have to do is change the base_path to where yours is installeda111: base_path: path/to/stable-diffusion-webui/ checkpoints: models/Stable-diffusion configs: models/Stable-diffusion vae: models/VAE loras: | models/Lora models/LyCORIS upscale_models: | models/ESRGAN models/RealESRGAN models/SwinIR embeddings: embeddings hypernetworks: models/hypernetworks controlnet: models/ControlNet#config for comfyui#your base path should be either an existing comfy install or a central folder where you store all of your models, loras, etc.#comfyui:# base_path: path/to/comfyui/# # You can use is_default to mark that these folders should be listed first, and used as the default dirs for eg downloads# #is_default: true# checkpoints: models/checkpoints/# clip: models/clip/# clip_vision: models/clip_vision/# configs: models/configs/# controlnet: models/controlnet/# diffusion_models: |# models/diffusion_models# models/unet# embeddings: models/embeddings/# loras: models/loras/# upscale_models: models/upscale_models/# vae: models/vae/#other_ui:# base_path: path/to/ui# checkpoints: models/checkpoints# gligen: models/gligen# custom_nodes: path/custom_nodes
For example, if your WebUI is located at D:\stable-diffusion-webui\, you can modify the corresponding configuration to
This way, models under paths like D:\stable-diffusion-webui\models\Stable-diffusion\ can be detected and used by ComfyUI. Similarly, you can add other custom model location configurations
If your ComfyUI is running on a local network and you want other devices to access ComfyUI, you can modify the run_nvidia_gpu.bat or run_cpu.bat file using Notepad to complete the configuration. This is mainly done by adding --listen to specify the listening address.
Below is an example of the run_nvidia_gpu.bat file command with the --listen parameter added
After enabling ComfyUI, you will notice the final running address will become
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Starting serverTo see the GUI go to: http://0.0.0.0:8188To see the GUI go to: http://[::]:8188
You can press WIN + R and type cmd to open the command prompt, then enter ipconfig to view your local IP address. Other devices can then access ComfyUI by entering http://your-local-IP:8188 in their browser.
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