CivitAI Browser Neo | Forge Neo Extension
Browse, download and manage your models directly inside Forge Neo: multi-source discovery, a self-contained Local Models tab, LoRA categorization, auto-organization, a disk usage dashboard, creator management, and support for modern architectures (FLUX, Wan, Qwen, Krea 2, Pony, Illustrious and more).
A modern evolution of sd-civitai-browser-plus, rebuilt for Forge Neo. Using Automatic1111 or Forge Classic? Check out CivitAI Browser Ex.
Features 🚀
Browse & Search 🔍
Browse CivitAI inside the WebUI, no tab switching
Multiple sources: CivitAI, CivArchive, ModelScope and Arc en Ciel
Search by name, tag or username, or paste a direct model URL (it ignores the listing filters)
Filter by content type, base model, time period and sort order. The base-model list is curated for the architectures Forge Neo runs
The LORA filter includes LoCon/LyCORIS and DoRA
NSFW toggle, liked-only filter, hide installed models, hide banned creators, plus independent Hide early access and Hide paid filters
Search settings persist across restarts
Local Models 🏠
Self-contained tab for the models installed on your machine: browse, rename, update and delete
Outdated models get an orange border and can be updated in batch, with a retention policy (keep both, move to trash or replace)
Pagination, sorting, and content-type + base-model filters
Detail panel with version and file dropdowns, trained tags and "Add to prompt"
Models the API can't resolve still show as local-only cards instead of vanishing
LoRA Categorization & LoraDex 🏷️
Categories auto-suggested from official CivitAI tags, description, filename and model name
Custom categories: type any name, and suggestions also use your own folders, sidecars and each model's tags
Fetch official tags backfills the models you already have
Bulk review across every page, sorted by least confident first
Category badge on cards, and
Lora/<base>/<category>/subfolders on download or in bulk
Download 📥
Any model, version and file variant (
.safetensors,.ckpt,.ggufand more)Aria2 multi-connection downloads with 429 backoff and auto-reconnect
Queue persistence: a restore banner re-queues everything after a disconnect (e.g. a RunPod timeout)
Batch selection captures the full selection, and the queue reports what was enqueued, already current or skipped
SHA256 integrity check with silent-update detection
Previews saved as PNG or JPEG
API key support for early access, paid and private models, plus proxy support
Auto-Organization 🗂️
New downloads sorted into subfolders by base model (SDXL/, Pony/, Flux.1/, Flux.2/, Flux.3/ and more), by LoRA category, or both
Validate organization, fix misplaced files and one-click rollback (keeps the last 5 backups)
Custom folder mapping in Settings;
.json,.pngand.txtfiles always move with the model
Metadata Maintenance 🗄️
Verify local metadata: checks that cached CivitAI IDs still resolve and that
.api_info.jsonmatches its fileResolve issues: recovers models delisted from CivitAI from CivArchive, and fixes mismatched info from CivitAI itself
Bulk metadata, tag and preview refresh, also filling in models that are no longer on CivitAI
Mark for review to revisit a model later
Model Info & Send to txt2img 🖼️
Model panel with version, base model, tags, permissions and description
Sample images with "Send to txt2img", including SwarmUI to A1111 infotext conversion
"Add to prompt" appends trigger words and inserts the LoRA syntax
Native Extra Networks Cards 🎴
Base-model badge, LoRA category, trigger words and the real CivitAI name on the WebUI's own txt2img/img2img cards
Read from local sidecars: no extra API calls
Opt-in CivitAI-style card theme
Dashboard 📊
Disk usage by category and architecture, with a pie chart
Top 10 largest files and categories, orphan file detection
Export to CSV or JSON
Model Cards & Safety 🃏🔒
Color-coded borders: aquamarine = installed, orange = outdated, gold = favorite creator
Multi-select for batch download, quick delete, and favorite or ban creators straight from the card
Deleted models go to the OS recycle bin by default, filenames are sanitized and length-capped, and organize/fix operations make a backup first
How to install 📘
Open Forge Neo WebUI
Go to Extensions → Install from URL
Paste:
https://github.com/eduardoabreu81/sd-civitai-browser-neoClick Install and reload
Requirements: Forge Neo · Python 3.10+ · Gradio 4.40.0
Documentation: Installation · Settings · Changelog · Roadmap · Known issues · GitHub
Credits: sd-civitai-browser by Vetchems, sd-civitai-browser-plus by BlafKing, sd-civitai-browser-plus by anxety-solo, sd-webui-civbrowser by SignalFlagZ, and CivArchive for recovering delisted models.
Description
v1.0.0 — First Stable Release
The biggest update since the Neo fork. The Browser is no longer tied to CivitAI alone, the Local Models tab was rebuilt from scratch, and LoRA category management ships alongside it.
Multi-Source Browser. Search through source adapters instead of CivitAI only: CivArchive, ModelScope and Arc en Ciel join CivitAI in the source dropdown. CivArchive also brings a "Deleted from CivitAI" filter for models that were removed from the site.
Paste model URL. Paste a direct link from CivitAI, CivArchive, Hugging Face, ModelScope or Arc en Ciel and the extension figures out the provider, fetches the model and renders a card ready to download. Hugging Face file links resolve to the exact file, subfolders included.
Local Models rebuilt. Its own state, pagination (25/50/100 per page), filters and progress bar, fully separate from the Browser tab. Update Models is merged into it, so scanning, batch updating, renaming and deleting all happen in one place. Models the API cannot resolve stay visible as local-only cards instead of vanishing from your library.
LoraDex. A new sub-tab for LoRA categories. Every LoRA gets a category suggested from its tags, description and filename, you can override it by hand, and the choice is saved to the .json sidecar. Categories show as badges on the cards and can sort your LoRAs into Lora/[base]/[category]/ subfolders.
Badges on the native Extra Networks cards. Your txt2img and img2img checkpoint and LoRA cards now show the base model, the LoRA category, trigger words and the real CivitAI name, read from the sidecars already on disk with no extra API calls. There is also an opt-in theme that restyles those cards to look like the CivitAI website.
Paid and Early Access are finally told apart. A timed early access window (which expires into a free download) gets an aqua badge, a permanent Buzz purchase gets a gold "Paid" badge. Each has its own hide filter, and downloads of gated versions are now blocked up front with a message naming which gate applies, instead of failing with a confusing Aria2 error.
Metadata maintenance. "Verify local metadata" checks that the CivitAI IDs cached next to your models still resolve and that the .api_info.json matches its file. "Resolve via CivArchive" then recovers real metadata for models that were delisted, so they keep working names, versions and previews.
GGUF support. .gguf is a first-class checkpoint format now: scanned by Local Models, recognised as installed by Browser cards, with sidecars, delete and update checks working exactly like .safetensors.
Faster and steadier. Installed detection and bulk download no longer walk your whole model tree once per card. Previews can be saved as JPEG. Aria2 retries with backoff on rate limits. Freshly published versions no longer show a false "Unable to load preview images" error, and updating with "Replace installed" no longer writes the previous version's data into the sidecar.
Full changelog and documentation: https://github.com/eduardoabreu81/sd-civitai-browser-neo/wiki