ComfyUI
By Comfy Org
Node-based visual editor for building and running diffusion model pipelines, with nearly 120,000 GitHub stars and production use at studios doing VFX, animation, and advertising work.
Best for
- granular control over diffusion model pipelines
- custom image and video generation workflows
- running open-source diffusion models locally
- VFX and animation production pipelines
- sharing and reusing node-based generation workflows
- Jul 8, 2026Added — node-based visual editor for diffusion model pipelines, used in production VFX and animation work.
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