Kiko Downloader

A ComfyUI custom node for downloading models, LoRAs, upscalers, and more from CivitAI, HuggingFace, and other sources. If you are logged into these pages in a browser it will work without an API token, if you are using runpod or another means you can provide your API token.

Features

• CivitAI Support: Download models directly from CivitAI model pages or API URLs
• HuggingFace Support: Download from HuggingFace repositories (supports blob and resolve URLs)
• Custom URLs: Download from any direct download URL
• Progress Tracking: Real-time download progress with speed indicator
• Auto-Detection: Automatically detects the download source from the URL
• Skip Existing: Optionally skip download if file already exists
• API Token Support: Authenticate with CivitAI or HuggingFace for gated models
• Interrupt Handling: Safely handles user cancellation and cleans up partial downloads

Installation

Via ComfyUI Manager (Recommended)

Search for "Kiko Downloader" in ComfyUI Manager and install.

Manual Installation

1. Navigate to your ComfyUI custom nodes directory:

   cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes

2. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/kiko-downloader.git

3. Restart ComfyUI

Usage

The node appears under 🫶 ComfyAssets / 🛠️ Utils category in ComfyUI.

Inputs

Input	Type	Description
url	STRING	URL to download from (CivitAI, HuggingFace, or direct link)
save_path	STRING	Directory path to save the downloaded file (relative to ComfyUI)
filename	STRING (optional)	Custom filename (leave empty for auto-detection)
api_token	STRING (optional)	API token for CivitAI or HuggingFace authentication
force_download	BOOLEAN	Force re-download even if file exists

Example URLs

CivitAI:

• Model page: https://civitai.com/models/12345
• Specific version: https://civitai.com/models/12345?modelVersionId=67890
• Direct API: https://civitai.com/api/download/models/67890

HuggingFace:

• Blob URL: https://huggingface.co/username/repo/blob/main/model.safetensors
• Resolve URL: https://huggingface.co/username/repo/resolve/main/model.safetensors

Custom:

• Any direct download URL: https://example.com/files/model.safetensors

Common Save Paths

Model Type	Save Path
Checkpoints	models/checkpoints
LoRAs	models/loras
VAE	models/vae
Upscalers	models/upscale_models
ControlNet	models/controlnet
Embeddings	models/embeddings

API Tokens

CivitAI Token

1. Go to CivitAI Account Settings
2. Navigate to "API Keys"
3. Create a new API key
4. Copy the key and paste it in the api_token input

HuggingFace Token

1. Go to HuggingFace Settings
2. Create a new access token with "Read" permissions
3. Copy the token and paste it in the api_token input

Project Structure

kiko-downloader/
├── __init__.py              # ComfyUI entry point
├── kiko_downloader/         # Main package
│   ├── __init__.py          # Package exports
│   ├── node.py              # ComfyUI node implementation
│   ├── base.py              # Base downloader class
│   ├── civitai.py           # CivitAI downloader
│   ├── huggingface.py       # HuggingFace downloader
│   ├── custom.py            # Custom URL downloader
│   └── detector.py          # URL type detection
├── pyproject.toml           # Project configuration
├── requirements.txt         # Dependencies (none required)
├── LICENSE                  # MIT License
└── README.md                # This file

Development

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• No external dependencies (uses only Python standard library)

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License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.