ComfyUI-Get-Random-File
🚀 Picks a random IMAGE file from a directory and provides you with the IMAGE and its filepath as a STRING! This awesome tool brings a touch of randomness to your files and images, making your file management tasks a breeze.
Nodes (11)
Step through a folder of images one queue at a time — the non-random sibling
A counter for your video folder — same idea as the image version, frames included
The 'grab me a random file' node people actually recommend
A random image from a folder on every run — img2img roulette, minus the setup
Random video, decoded to frames — fun until your RAM taps out
Feed a Random Video From Any Folder — and Actually Know Which One Ran
Save Image to Folder – ComfyUI Node Guide
The save node that never touches your own disk
Save a video to literally any folder, not just ComfyUI's output directory
Ship the finished MP4 to another machine, then maybe delete the original
The Load-Video That Doesn't Care Where Your Files Live
🎉 ComfyUI-Get-Random-File 🎉
Welcome to ComfyUI-Get-Random-File! 🚀 This awesome tool brings a touch of randomness to your files and images, making your file management tasks a breeze. Whether you're wor king on a creative project or just want some fun, our tool is here to help you get random files and images effortlessly. Use these nodes for a variety of applications where you need a random file!
Included Nodes 🌟
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🎲 Random File Path
Chooses a random file from a directory and returns the filepath as a STRING. -
🖼️ Get Image File By Index
Retrieves a IMAGE from a specified directory by index and returns both the IMAGE and its filepath as a STRING. -
🎲 Random Image Path
Picks a random IMAGE file from a directory and provides you with the IMAGE and its filepath as a STRING. -
⚡ Save Image to Folder
Saves images to ANY folder on your computer (not just ComfyUI's output directory). Creates the folder if missing, never overwrites (stock-style_00001_counter), embeds the workflow metadata in PNGs, and supports the stock%width%/%date-style prefix variables. -
⚡ Save Video to Folder
Saves a VIDEO input to ANY folder on your computer using ComfyUI's own writer — streams are copied when compatible and re-encoded only when the format/codec/CRF require it.
📝 Prompt Metadata Outputs
Both image nodes (Random Image Path and Get Image File By Index) also output positive_prompt and negative_prompt STRINGs extracted from the picked image's embedded ComfyUI workflow metadata — so you can wire the prompts that originally generated an image straight into whatever consumes it. Works with titled prompt nodes, sampler/guider link traversal (including parallel chains, Anything-Everywhere-injected graphs, and combined prep nodes like this family's own img2img nodes that carry prompt widgets), CLIPTextEncode/CLIPTextEncodeFlux, the core TextEncode* encoders (QwenImageEdit, ZImageOmni, SDXL, SD3, HunyuanDiT, ...), text concatenation and wildcard nodes. Images without embedded prompts (or non-PNG files) simply return empty strings.
📸 Preview
🎲 Random File Path
🎲 Random Image Path
🖼️ Get Video By Index
📸 Get Image By Index
Installation 🛠️
Method 1: Clone Repository into custom_nodes Folder
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Clone the Repository:
Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and run the following command to clone the repository into the `custom_nodes` directory of your ComfyUI setup:
git clone https://github.com/ChrisColeTech/ComfyUI-Get-Random-File.git <path/to/comfyui/custom_nodes>Replace
path/to/comfyuiwith the actual path to your ComfyUI installation. -
Restart ComfyUI:
Restart your ComfyUI server to load the new node.
Method 2: Install via ComfyUI Manager
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Open ComfyUI Manager:
Launch the ComfyUI Manager.
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Search for
ComfyUI-Get-Random-File:In the ComfyUI Manager, go to the Node Manager and search for
ComfyUI-Get-Random-File. -
Install the Node:
Click on the
Installbutton next toComfyUI-Get-Random-File. The manager will handle the installation and setup process for you. -
Restart ComfyUI:
After installation, restart your ComfyUI server to ensure that the new node is properly integrated.