ComfyUI_frontend/README.md

ComfyUI_frontend

Official front-end implementation of ComfyUI.

Release Schedule

The project follows a structured release process for each minor version, consisting of three distinct phases:

1. Development Phase - 1 week

   • Active development of new features
   • Code changes merged to the development branch

2. Feature Freeze - 1 week

   • No new features accepted
   • Only bug fixes are cherry-picked to the release branch
   • Testing and stabilization of the codebase

3. Publication

   • Release is published at the end of the freeze period
   • Version is finalized and made available to all users

Nightly Releases

Nightly releases are published daily at https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI_frontend/releases.

To use the latest nightly release, add the following command line argument to your ComfyUI launch script:

--front-end-version Comfy-Org/ComfyUI_frontend@latest

Overlapping Release Cycles

The development of successive minor versions overlaps. For example, while version 1.1 is in feature freeze, development for version 1.2 begins simultaneously.

Example Release Cycle

Week	Date Range	Version 1.1	Version 1.2	Version 1.3	Patch Releases
1	Mar 1-7	Development	-	-	-
2	Mar 8-14	Feature Freeze	Development	-	1.1.0 through 1.1.6 (daily)
3	Mar 15-21	Released	Feature Freeze	Development	1.1.7 through 1.1.13 (daily) 1.2.0 through 1.2.6 (daily)
4	Mar 22-28	-	Released	Feature Freeze	1.2.7 through 1.2.13 (daily) 1.3.0 through 1.3.6 (daily)

Release Summary

Major features

v1.5: Native translation (i18n)

ComfyUI now includes built-in translation support, replacing the need for third-party translation extensions. Select your language in Comfy > Locale > Language to translate the interface into English, Chinese (Simplified), Russian, Japanese, Korean, or Arabic. This native implementation offers better performance, reliability, and maintainability compared to previous solutions.

More details available here: https://blog.comfy.org/p/native-localization-support-i18n

v1.4: New mask editor

https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI_frontend/pull/1284 implements a new mask editor.

v1.3.22: Integrated server terminal

Press Ctrl + ` to toggle integrated terminal.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/eddedc6a-07a3-4a83-9475-63b3977f6d94

v1.3.7: Keybinding customization

Basic UI

Reset button

Edit Keybinding

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v1.2.4: Node library sidebar tab

Drag & Drop

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/853e20b7-bc0e-49c9-bbce-a2ba7566f92f

Filter

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4bbca3ee-318f-4cf0-be32-a5a5541066cf

v1.2.0: Queue/History sidebar tab

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/86e264fe-4d26-4f07-aa9a-83bdd2d02b8f

v1.1.0: Node search box

Fuzzy search & Node preview

Release link with shift

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a1b2b5c3-10d1-4256-b620-345de6858f25

QoL changes

v1.3.32: **Litegraph** Nested group

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f51adeb1-028e-40af-81e4-0ac13075198a

v1.3.24: **Litegraph** Group selection

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e6230a94-411e-4fba-90cb-6c694200adaa

v1.3.6: **Litegraph** Toggle link visibility

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v1.3.4: **Litegraph** Auto widget to input conversion

Dropping a link of correct type on node widget will automatically convert the widget to input.

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v1.3.4: **Litegraph** Canvas pan mode

The canvas becomes readonly in pan mode. Pan mode is activated by clicking the pan mode button on the canvas menu or by holding the space key.

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v1.3.1: **Litegraph** Shift drag link to create a new link

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v1.2.62: **Litegraph** Show optional input slots as donuts

v1.2.44: **Litegraph** Double click group title to edit

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5bf0e2b6-8b3a-40a7-b44f-f0879e9ad26f

v1.2.39: **Litegraph** Group selected nodes with Ctrl + G

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7805dc54-0854-4a28-8bcd-4b007fa01151

v1.2.38: **Litegraph** Double click node title to edit

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d61d5d0e-f200-4153-b293-3e3f6a212b30

v1.2.7: **Litegraph** drags multiple links with shift pressed

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/68826715-bb55-4b2a-be6e-675cfc424afe

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c142c43f-2fe9-4030-8196-b3bfd4c6977d

v1.2.2: **Litegraph** auto connects to correct slot

Before

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c253f778-82d5-4e6f-aec0-ea2ccf421651

After

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b6360ac0-f0d2-447c-9daa-8a2e20c0dc1d

v1.1.8: **Litegraph** hides text overflow on widget value

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5696a89d-4a47-4fcc-9e8c-71e1264943f2

Developer APIs

v1.6.13: prompt/confirm/alert replacements for ComfyUI desktop

Several browser-only APIs are not available in ComfyUI desktop's electron environment.

• window.prompt
• window.confirm
• window.alert

Please use the following APIs as replacements.

// window.prompt
window['app'].extensionManager.dialog
  .prompt({
    title: 'Test Prompt',
    message: 'Test Prompt Message'
  })
  .then((value: string) => {
    // Do something with the value user entered
  })

// window.confirm
window['app'].extensionManager.dialog
  .confirm({
    title: 'Test Confirm',
    message: 'Test Confirm Message'
  })
  .then((value: boolean) => {
    // Do something with the value user entered
  })

// window.alert
window['app'].extensionManager.toast
  .addAlert("Test Alert")

v1.3.34: Register about panel badges

app.registerExtension({
  name: 'TestExtension1',
  aboutPageBadges: [
    {
      label: 'Test Badge',
      url: 'https://example.com',
      icon: 'pi pi-box'
    }
  ]
})

v1.3.22: Register bottom panel tabs

app.registerExtension({
  name: 'TestExtension',
  bottomPanelTabs: [
    {
      id: 'TestTab',
      title: 'Test Tab',
      type: 'custom',
      render: (el) => {
        el.innerHTML = '<div>Custom tab</div>'
      }
    }
  ]
})

v1.3.22: New settings API

Legacy settings API.

// Register a new setting
app.ui.settings.addSetting({
  id: 'TestSetting',
  name: 'Test Setting',
  type: 'text',
  defaultValue: 'Hello, world!'
})

// Get the value of a setting
const value = app.ui.settings.getSettingValue('TestSetting')

// Set the value of a setting
app.ui.settings.setSettingValue('TestSetting', 'Hello, universe!')

New settings API.

// Register a new setting
app.registerExtension({
  name: 'TestExtension1',
  settings: [
    {
      id: 'TestSetting',
      name: 'Test Setting',
      type: 'text',
      defaultValue: 'Hello, world!'
    }
  ]
})

// Get the value of a setting
const value = app.extensionManager.setting.get('TestSetting')

// Set the value of a setting
app.extensionManager.setting.set('TestSetting', 'Hello, universe!')

v1.3.7: Register commands and keybindings

Extensions can call the following API to register commands and keybindings. Do note that keybindings defined in core cannot be overwritten, and some keybindings are reserved by the browser.

  app.registerExtension({
    name: 'TestExtension1',
    commands: [
      {
        id: 'TestCommand',
        function: () => {
          alert('TestCommand')
        }
      }
    ],
    keybindings: [
      {
        combo: { key: 'k' },
        commandId: 'TestCommand'
      }
    ]
  })

v1.3.1: Extension API to register custom topbar menu items

Extensions can call the following API to register custom topbar menu items.

  app.registerExtension({
    name: 'TestExtension1',
    commands: [
      {
        id: 'foo-id',
        label: 'foo',
        function: () => {
          alert(1)
        }
      }
    ],
    menuCommands: [
      {
        path: ['ext', 'ext2'],
        commands: ['foo-id']
      }
    ]
  })

v1.2.27: Extension API to add toast message

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Extensions can call the following API to add toast messages.

  app.extensionManager.toast.add({
    severity: 'info',
    summary: 'Loaded!',
    detail: 'Extension loaded!',
    life: 3000
  })

Documentation of all supported options can be found here: https://primevue.org/toast/#api.toast.interfaces.ToastMessageOptions

v1.2.4: Extension API to register custom sidebar tab

Extensions now can call the following API to register a sidebar tab.

  app.extensionManager.registerSidebarTab({
    id: "search",
    icon: "pi pi-search",
    title: "search",
    tooltip: "search",
    type: "custom",
    render: (el) => {
      el.innerHTML = "<div>Custom search tab</div>";
    },
  });

The list of supported icons can be found here: https://primevue.org/icons/#list

We will support custom icons later.

v1.10.9: Selection Toolbox API

Extensions can register commands that appear in the selection toolbox when specific items are selected on the canvas.

app.registerExtension({
  name: 'TestExtension1',
  commands: [
    {
      id: 'test.selection.command',
      label: 'Test Command',
      icon: 'pi pi-star',
      function: () => {
        // Command logic here
      }
    }
  ],
  // Return an array of command IDs to show in the selection toolbox
  // when an item is selected
  getSelectionToolboxCommands: (selectedItem) => ['test.selection.command']
})

The selection toolbox will display the command button when items are selected:

Contributing

We welcome contributions to ComfyUI Frontend! Please see our Contributing Guide for:

• Ways to contribute (code, documentation, testing, community support)
• Development setup and workflow
• Code style guidelines
• Testing requirements
• How to submit pull requests
• Backporting fixes to release branches

Development

For detailed development setup, testing procedures, and technical information, please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md.

i18n

See locales/README.md for details.

Storybook

See .storybook/README.md for component development and visual testing documentation.

Troubleshooting

For comprehensive troubleshooting and technical support, please refer to our official documentation:

• General Troubleshooting Guide - Common issues, performance optimization, and reporting bugs
• Custom Node Issues - Debugging custom node problems and conflicts
• Desktop Installation Guide - Desktop-specific installation and troubleshooting