diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 85b36240c..2b2cf1d6b 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ import { computed, onMounted } from 'vue'
 
 import GlobalDialog from '@/components/dialog/GlobalDialog.vue'
 import config from '@/config'
+import { api } from '@/scripts/api'
 import { useWorkspaceStore } from '@/stores/workspaceStore'
 
+import { useDialogService } from './services/dialogService'
 import { electronAPI, isElectron } from './utils/envUtil'
 
 const workspaceStore = useWorkspaceStore()
@@ -46,6 +48,20 @@ onMounted(() => {
 
   if (isElectron()) {
     document.addEventListener('contextmenu', showContextMenu)
+
+    // Handle file drops to import models via electron
+    api.addEventListener('unhandledFileDrop', async (e) => {
+      e.preventDefault() // Prevent unable to find workflow in file error
+
+      const filePath = await electronAPI()['getFilePath'](e.detail.file)
+
+      if (filePath) {
+        useDialogService().showImportModelDialog({
+          path: filePath,
+          file: e.detail.file
+        })
+      }
+    })
   }
 })
 </script>
diff --git a/src/components/dialog/content/ImportModelDialogContent.vue b/src/components/dialog/content/ImportModelDialogContent.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe6f9f4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/dialog/content/ImportModelDialogContent.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="px-4 py-2 h-full gap-2 flex flex-col">
+    <h2 class="text-4xl font-normal my-0">
+      {{ t('importModelDialog.title') }}
+    </h2>
+    <span class="text-muted">{{ path }}</span>
+    <div class="flex flex-col gap-2 mt-4">
+      <IftaLabel>
+        <Select
+          v-model="selectedType"
+          :options="modelFolders"
+          editable
+          filter
+          labelId="model-type"
+          :disabled="importing"
+        />
+        <label for="model-type">Type</label>
+      </IftaLabel>
+    </div>
+    <Message severity="error" v-if="importError">{{ importError }}</Message>
+  </div>
+  <footer>
+    <div class="flex justify-between gap-2 p-4">
+      <SelectButton
+        v-model="selectedImportMode"
+        optionLabel="label"
+        optionValue="value"
+        :options="importModes"
+        :disabled="importing"
+      />
+      <div class="flex gap-2">
+        <Button
+          type="button"
+          label="Cancel"
+          severity="secondary"
+          @click="dialogStore.closeDialog()"
+          :disabled="importing"
+        ></Button>
+        <Button
+          type="button"
+          label="Import"
+          @click="importModel()"
+          :icon="importIcon"
+          :loading="importing"
+          :disabled="!selectedType"
+        ></Button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </footer>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import Button from 'primevue/button'
+import IftaLabel from 'primevue/iftalabel'
+import Message from 'primevue/message'
+import Select from 'primevue/select'
+import SelectButton from 'primevue/selectbutton'
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
+
+import { useCommandStore } from '@/stores/commandStore'
+import { useDialogStore } from '@/stores/dialogStore'
+import { useModelStore } from '@/stores/modelStore'
+import { electronAPI } from '@/utils/envUtil'
+import { guessModelType } from '@/utils/safetensorsUtil'
+
+const { t } = useI18n()
+const dialogStore = useDialogStore()
+const { path, file } = defineProps<{
+  path: string
+  file: File
+}>()
+
+const importModes = ref([
+  { label: t('importModelDialog.move'), value: 'move' },
+  { label: t('importModelDialog.copy'), value: 'copy' }
+])
+const modelStore = useModelStore()
+const modelFolders = ref<string[]>()
+const selectedType = ref<string>()
+const selectedImportMode = ref<string>('move')
+const importing = ref<boolean>(false)
+const importError = ref<string>()
+
+const importIcon = computed(() => {
+  return selectedImportMode.value === 'move'
+    ? 'pi pi-file-import'
+    : 'pi pi-copy'
+})
+
+const importModel = async () => {
+  importing.value = true
+  try {
+    await electronAPI()?.['importModel'](
+      file,
+      selectedType.value,
+      selectedImportMode.value
+    )
+    await useCommandStore().execute('Comfy.RefreshNodeDefinitions')
+    dialogStore.closeDialog()
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error)
+    importError.value = error.message
+  } finally {
+    importing.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+const init = async () => {
+  if (!modelStore.modelFolders.length) {
+    await modelStore.loadModelFolders()
+  }
+
+  modelFolders.value = modelStore.modelFolders.map((folder) => folder.directory)
+  const type = await guessModelType(file)
+
+  if (!selectedType.value) {
+    selectedType.value = type
+  }
+}
+
+init()
+</script>
diff --git a/src/locales/en/main.json b/src/locales/en/main.json
index 79dbbb9d2..f1a821275 100644
--- a/src/locales/en/main.json
+++ b/src/locales/en/main.json
@@ -1405,5 +1405,11 @@
       "tooltip": "Execute to selected output nodes (Highlighted with orange border)",
       "disabledTooltip": "No output nodes selected"
     }
+  },
+  "importModelDialog": {
+    "title": "Import Model",
+    "type": "Type",
+    "move": "Move",
+    "copy": "Copy"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/scripts/api.ts b/src/scripts/api.ts
index ba6cb569e..4a8a0d856 100644
--- a/src/scripts/api.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/api.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ interface QueuePromptRequestBody {
 interface FrontendApiCalls {
   graphChanged: ComfyWorkflowJSON
   promptQueued: { number: number; batchCount: number }
+  unhandledFileDrop: { file: File }
   graphCleared: never
   reconnecting: never
   reconnected: never
@@ -313,20 +314,23 @@ export class ComfyApi extends EventTarget {
    * Provides type safety for the contravariance issue with EventTarget (last checked TS 5.6).
    * @param type The type of event to emit
    * @param detail The detail property used for a custom event ({@link CustomEventInit.detail})
+   * @param init The event config used for a custom event ({@link CustomEventInit})
    */
   dispatchCustomEvent<T extends SimpleApiEvents>(type: T): boolean
   dispatchCustomEvent<T extends ComplexApiEvents>(
     type: T,
-    detail: ApiEventTypes[T] | null
+    detail: ApiEventTypes[T] | null,
+    init?: EventInit
   ): boolean
   dispatchCustomEvent<T extends keyof ApiEventTypes>(
     type: T,
-    detail?: ApiEventTypes[T]
+    detail?: ApiEventTypes[T],
+    init?: EventInit
   ): boolean {
     const event =
       detail === undefined
-        ? new CustomEvent(type)
-        : new CustomEvent(type, { detail })
+        ? new CustomEvent(type, { ...init })
+        : new CustomEvent(type, { detail, ...init })
     return super.dispatchEvent(event)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/app.ts b/src/scripts/app.ts
index 7f4dceb4e..e52a1de20 100644
--- a/src/scripts/app.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/app.ts
@@ -1252,10 +1252,22 @@ export class ComfyApp {
     return !executionStore.lastNodeErrors
   }
 
-  showErrorOnFileLoad(file: File) {
-    useToastStore().addAlert(
-      t('toastMessages.fileLoadError', { fileName: file.name })
+  onUnhandledFile(file: File) {
+    // Fire custom event to allow other parts of the app to handle the file
+    const unhandled = api.dispatchCustomEvent(
+      'unhandledFileDrop',
+      { file },
+      {
+        cancelable: true
+      }
     )
+
+    if (unhandled) {
+      // Nothing handled the event, so show the error dialog
+      useToastStore().addAlert(
+        t('toastMessages.fileLoadError', { fileName: file.name })
+      )
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1291,7 +1303,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
           this.graph.serialize() as unknown as ComfyWorkflowJSON
         )
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (file.type === 'image/webp') {
       const pngInfo = await getWebpMetadata(file)
@@ -1304,7 +1316,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       } else if (prompt) {
         this.loadApiJson(JSON.parse(prompt), fileName)
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (file.type === 'audio/mpeg') {
       const { workflow, prompt } = await getMp3Metadata(file)
@@ -1313,7 +1325,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       } else if (prompt) {
         this.loadApiJson(prompt, fileName)
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (file.type === 'audio/ogg') {
       const { workflow, prompt } = await getOggMetadata(file)
@@ -1322,7 +1334,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       } else if (prompt) {
         this.loadApiJson(prompt, fileName)
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (file.type === 'audio/flac' || file.type === 'audio/x-flac') {
       const pngInfo = await getFlacMetadata(file)
@@ -1334,7 +1346,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       } else if (prompt) {
         this.loadApiJson(JSON.parse(prompt), fileName)
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (file.type === 'video/webm') {
       const webmInfo = await getFromWebmFile(file)
@@ -1343,7 +1355,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       } else if (webmInfo.prompt) {
         this.loadApiJson(webmInfo.prompt, fileName)
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (
       file.type === 'video/mp4' ||
@@ -1366,7 +1378,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       } else if (svgInfo.prompt) {
         this.loadApiJson(svgInfo.prompt, fileName)
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (
       file.type === 'model/gltf-binary' ||
@@ -1378,7 +1390,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       } else if (gltfInfo.prompt) {
         this.loadApiJson(gltfInfo.prompt, fileName)
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else if (
       file.type === 'application/json' ||
@@ -1409,7 +1421,7 @@ export class ComfyApp {
       const info = await getLatentMetadata(file)
       // TODO define schema to LatentMetadata
       // @ts-expect-error
-      if (info.workflow) {
+      if (info?.workflow) {
         await this.loadGraphData(
           // @ts-expect-error
           JSON.parse(info.workflow),
@@ -1418,14 +1430,14 @@ export class ComfyApp {
           fileName
         )
         // @ts-expect-error
-      } else if (info.prompt) {
+      } else if (info?.prompt) {
         // @ts-expect-error
         this.loadApiJson(JSON.parse(info.prompt))
       } else {
-        this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+        this.onUnhandledFile(file)
       }
     } else {
-      this.showErrorOnFileLoad(file)
+      this.onUnhandledFile(file)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/pnginfo.ts b/src/scripts/pnginfo.ts
index 7c7f6f597..6b295a366 100644
--- a/src/scripts/pnginfo.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/pnginfo.ts
@@ -143,12 +143,17 @@ export function getLatentMetadata(file) {
       const dataView = new DataView(safetensorsData.buffer)
       let header_size = dataView.getUint32(0, true)
       let offset = 8
-      let header = JSON.parse(
-        new TextDecoder().decode(
-          safetensorsData.slice(offset, offset + header_size)
+      try {
+        let header = JSON.parse(
+          new TextDecoder().decode(
+            safetensorsData.slice(offset, offset + header_size)
+          )
         )
-      )
-      r(header.__metadata__)
+        r(header.__metadata__)
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Invalid header
+        r(undefined)
+      }
     }
 
     var slice = file.slice(0, 1024 * 1024 * 4)
diff --git a/src/services/dialogService.ts b/src/services/dialogService.ts
index 7c46f5c2e..9ba97fbb1 100644
--- a/src/services/dialogService.ts
+++ b/src/services/dialogService.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import ApiNodesNewsContent from '@/components/dialog/content/ApiNodesNewsContent
 import ApiNodesSignInContent from '@/components/dialog/content/ApiNodesSignInContent.vue'
 import ConfirmationDialogContent from '@/components/dialog/content/ConfirmationDialogContent.vue'
 import ErrorDialogContent from '@/components/dialog/content/ErrorDialogContent.vue'
+import ImportModelDialogContent from '@/components/dialog/content/ImportModelDialogContent.vue'
 import IssueReportDialogContent from '@/components/dialog/content/IssueReportDialogContent.vue'
 import LoadWorkflowWarning from '@/components/dialog/content/LoadWorkflowWarning.vue'
 import ManagerProgressDialogContent from '@/components/dialog/content/ManagerProgressDialogContent.vue'
@@ -406,6 +407,16 @@ export const useDialogService = () => {
     })
   }
 
+  function showImportModelDialog(
+    props: InstanceType<typeof ImportModelDialogContent>['$props']
+  ) {
+    dialogStore.showDialog({
+      key: 'global-import-model',
+      component: ImportModelDialogContent,
+      props
+    })
+  }
+
   return {
     showLoadWorkflowWarning,
     showMissingModelsWarning,
@@ -422,6 +433,7 @@ export const useDialogService = () => {
     showTopUpCreditsDialog,
     showUpdatePasswordDialog,
     showApiNodesNewsDialog,
+    showImportModelDialog,
     prompt,
     confirm
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/safetensorsUtil.ts b/src/utils/safetensorsUtil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6535fd89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/safetensorsUtil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+export interface ModelSpec {
+  'modelspec.sai_model_spec': string
+  'modelspec.architecture': string
+  'modelspec.title': string
+  'modelspec.description': string
+}
+
+const architectureToType: Record<string, string> = {
+  'stable-diffusion-v1': 'checkpoints',
+  'stable-diffusion-xl-v1-base': 'checkpoints',
+  'Flux.1-schnell': 'checkpoints',
+  'Flux.1-dev': 'checkpoints',
+  'Flux.1-AE': 'vae'
+}
+
+interface SafetensorsHeader<TMetadata = Record<string, string> | ModelSpec> {
+  [k: string]: unknown
+  __metadata__?: TMetadata
+}
+
+export async function guessModelType(file: File): Promise<string | null> {
+  const header = await getHeader(file)
+  if (!header) return null
+
+  let suggestedType: string | null
+  if (isModelSpec(header)) {
+    suggestedType = guessFromModelSpec(header)
+  }
+
+  suggestedType ??= guessFromHeaderKeys(header)
+
+  return suggestedType
+}
+
+async function getHeader(file: File): Promise<SafetensorsHeader | null> {
+  try {
+    // 8 bytes: an unsigned little-endian 64-bit integer, containing the size of the header
+    // Slice the first 8 bytes so we don't read the whole file
+    const headerSizeBlob = file.slice(0, 8)
+    const headerSizeView = new DataView(await headerSizeBlob.arrayBuffer())
+    const headerSize = headerSizeView.getBigUint64(0, true)
+
+    if (
+      headerSize < 0 ||
+      headerSize > file.size ||
+      headerSize > Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
+    ) {
+      // Invalid header, probably not a safetensors file
+      console.log(`Invalid header size ${headerSize} for file '${file.name}'`)
+      return null
+    }
+
+    // N bytes: a JSON UTF-8 string representing the header.
+    const header = file.slice(8, Number(headerSize) + 8)
+    const content = await header.text()
+    return JSON.parse(content)
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Error reading the file, probably not a safetensors file
+    console.error(`Error reading safetensors header '${file.name}'`, error)
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+function guessFromModelSpec(header: SafetensorsHeader<ModelSpec>) {
+  const architecture = header.__metadata__?.['modelspec.architecture']
+  if (!architecture) return null
+  let suggestedType = architectureToType[architecture]
+  if (!suggestedType) {
+    if (architecture?.endsWith('/lora')) {
+      suggestedType = 'loras'
+    }
+  }
+
+  return suggestedType
+}
+
+function guessFromHeaderKeys(header: SafetensorsHeader) {
+  let suggestedType: string | null = null
+  const keys = Object.keys(header)
+  if (keys.find((k) => k.startsWith('lora_unet_'))) {
+    suggestedType = 'loras'
+  } else if (keys.find((k) => k.startsWith('model.diffusion_model.'))) {
+    suggestedType = 'checkpoints'
+  }
+
+  return suggestedType
+}
+
+function isModelSpec(
+  header: SafetensorsHeader
+): header is SafetensorsHeader<ModelSpec> {
+  return !!header.__metadata__?.['modelspec.sai_model_spec']
+}