🚀 ComfyUI Auto-Installer — v5 (Python Rewrite)
Version 5 is a full rewrite from the ground up in Python, replacing all the PowerShell scripts from previous versions. It's cross-platform, faster, smarter, and now ships with a TUI manager, Docker images, and GPU-optimized inference out of the box.
If you are upgrading from the PowerShell version (v4.x), a one-command migration preserves all your models, outputs, and custom nodes: irm https://get.umeai.art/migrate.ps1 | iex
⚡ Quick Start (One-Liner)
Windows (PowerShell):
irm https://get.umeai.art/comfyui.ps1 | iexLinux / macOS:
curl -fsSL https://get.umeai.art/comfyui.sh | sh
Only requires Git — everything else (Python, uv, dependencies) is handled automatically.
✨ What's New in v5
Full Python rewrite — no more PowerShell dependency
Cross-platform — Windows, Linux, macOS, and Docker
TUI Manager — interactive terminal UI to launch, update, download models, and configure settings
VRAM-aware model catalog — 7 model families with quantization recommendations based on your GPU
GPU auto-detection — NVIDIA (CUDA 13.0/12.8), AMD (ROCm/DirectML), Apple Silicon (MPS)
SageAttention 2 + 3 — pre-compiled wheels including RTX 50XX Blackwell support
One-click update — update ComfyUI, all nodes, and dependencies with a single command
Model security scanner — detects malicious pickle code in .ckpt/.pt files
Junction architecture — models and outputs persist independently from ComfyUI updates
Docker ready — 4 image variants including a cloud version with JupyterLab for RunPod
📋 Prerequisites
Git
GPU: NVIDIA (CUDA 12.x+), AMD (Radeon RX 6000+), or Apple Silicon (M1+)
Internet connection
Note: Python is automatically installed via uv if not present. No manual Python setup required.
🎨 Model Catalog (7 Families)
Interactive model downloader with VRAM-based recommendations (★ markers) and SHA-256 integrity checks. Each bundle offers multiple quantization variants (fp16, fp8, GGUF Q3→Q8). Downloads are accelerated via aria2c with HuggingFace + ModelScope fallback:
FLUX (Image): Dev, Fill
Z-IMAGE (Image): Turbo
WAN 2.1 (Video): T2V, I2V 480p
WAN 2.2 (Video): I2V, Fun Inpaint, Fun Camera
HiDream (Image): Dev
QWEN (Image Edit): Image Edit
LTX-2 (Video + Audio): Dev
🧩 34 Custom Nodes Included
Additive manifest — never removes user-installed nodes.
Core (always installed): ComfyUI-Manager
UmeAiRT Tier: ComfyUI-UmeAiRT-Sync, ComfyUI-UmeAiRT-Toolkit, ComfyUI-Crystools, ComfyUI-nunchaku
Full Tier (all of the above +): ComfyUI-Impact-Pack, ComfyUI-Impact-Subpack, ComfyUI-GGUF, ComfyUI-mxToolkit, ComfyUI-Custom-Scripts, ComfyUI-KJNodes, ComfyUI-WanVideoWrapper, ComfyUI-VideoHelperSuite, ComfyUI-Frame-Interpolation, rgthree-comfy, ComfyUI-Easy-Use, ComfyUI-HunyuanVideoMultiLora, ComfyUI-Florence2, ComfyUI-MultiGPU, ComfyUI-WanStartEndFramesNative, ComfyUI-Image-Saver, ComfyUI_UltimateSDUpscale, comfyui_controlnet_aux, x-flux-comfyui, ComfyUI-Detail-Daemon, wlsh_nodes, ComfyUI_essentials, ComfyUI-wanBlockswap, Derfuu_ComfyUI_ModdedNodes, ComfyUI_LayerStyle, ComfyUI-Upscaler-Tensorrt, comfyui-vrgamedevgirl, comfyui-int-and-float, was-node-suite-comfyui
⚙️ GPU Optimizations (Auto-Installed)
PyTorch 2.10: CUDA 13.0/12.8, ROCm 7.1, DirectML, MPS
xformers: Memory-efficient attention
Triton: triton-windows / triton (Linux)
SageAttention 2: Unified ABI3 wheels (Windows), per-arch SM80–SM100 (Linux)
SageAttention 3: RTX 50XX Blackwell native (Windows + Linux)
FlashAttention: Linux + NVIDIA only
Nunchaku & InsightFace: Pre-compiled wheels
Additional Python packages auto-installed: facexlib, onnxruntime-gpu, nvidia-ml-py, cupy-cuda13x, imageio-ffmpeg, hf_xet, cython, rotary_embedding_torch, blend_modes, segment_anything, gguf, and more.
🐳 Docker Support
Requires Docker and an NVIDIA GPU: docker run --gpus all -p 8188:8188 -v comfyui-data:/data registry.gitlab.com/umeairt-studio/comfyui-auto_installer-python:latest
latest: ~4 GB — Ready to go with pre-installed PyTorch
latest-cloud: ~4.5 GB — + JupyterLab for RunPod / cloud
latest-lite: ~2 GB — Minimal (installs PyTorch on first run)
latest-lite-cloud: ~2 GB — Lite + JupyterLab
🔒 Security
No external script execution — all logic is internalized
Secure subprocess calls — no shell=True
HTTPS only — all URLs validated
SHA-256 integrity checks on all model downloads
Pickle model scanner — detects malicious code in .ckpt/.pt files
Zip-slip prevention on archive extraction
CI runs Bandit + pip-audit on every push
📂 Post-Installation
Three launcher scripts are generated:
UmeAiRT-Start-ComfyUI: Launch (Performance mode + SageAttention)
UmeAiRT-Start-ComfyUI_LowVRAM: Launch with --lowvram --fp8 for ≤8 GB VRAM
UmeAiRT-Manager: TUI manager (update, download, reinstall, settings)
🔗 Links
Source code: GitLab (https://gitlab.com/UmeAiRT-Studio/ComfyUI-Auto_installer-Python)
Mirror: Codeberg (https://codeberg.org/UmeAiRT)
Ecosystem: UmeAiRT Studio (https://umeai.art)
Description
This massive update finalizes the transition of the PowerShell installer into a highly resilient, modern, and secure maintenance tool for your ComfyUI ecosystem. While the Python version is actively being developed as our new ultimate solution, this PowerShell legacy version has received premium features to keep the current environments rock-solid!


