exLoadout: Excel-Based Model & Settings Loader

exLoadout – Excel Based Loadout Manager for ComfyUI

What It Is

exLoadout is a suite of lightweight ComfyUI custom nodes that let you define and switch between full “loadouts” stored in an Excel sheet. A loadout could include any node inputs that expect string values—models (checkpoints, CLIP, VAE, ControlNets, LoRAs, UNets), numeric or text variables (CFG, sampler names, scheduler types, etc.)—all pulled from a row in your sheet. By selecting a row, you instantly apply all of its settings in your workflow, with built‑in support for editing and reading those cells right inside the UI.

UPDATES:

V1.1:

  * Security updates across all nodes.
  * exLoadoutSelector - Added random Loadout functionality.

Installation

Download or clone this repo, ensuring the ComfyUI-exLoadout folder is placed inside your ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ folder.

Open a terminal (or Command Prompt) and navigate to the ComfyUI-exLoadout folder.

Install required Python dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Launch ComfyUI as usual (python main.py or your normal shortcut).

Nodes Overview

exLoadout Selector

Inputs:
• excel_path: Your .xlsx file name (in custom_nodes/ComfyUI-exLoadout/)
• sheet_name: Excel sheet/tab name

Output: Selected Loadout name (Column A string)

Note: Run the workflow once to populate the dropdown

exLoadoutA & exLoadoutG

Access up to six columns of data per row (“Part 1”: A–F, “Part 2”: G–L)

Inputs: excel_path, sheet_name, row_number or search_string

Outputs: String values from each column, plus a combined Outputs value formatted for parsing (e.g., %A: … %B: …)

exLoadoutReadColumn

Inputs: excel_path, sheet_name, column_letter (A–L)

Output: List containing a comma‑separated string of values from that column

exLoadoutEditCell

Inputs: excel_path, sheet_name, row_number or search_string, column_letter (A–L), new_value

Output: Full row returned as a confirmation string (A1…L1 format)

Function: Updates a specified cell value in the workbook and returns the row

exLoadout Checkpoint Loader

Inputs: excel_path, sheet_name, selected Loadout, clip_type

Sets model/CLIP/VAE based on Columns B/C/D (exact filenames required) from Excel; will use defaults if cells are empty

Outputs: MODEL, CLIP, VAE + summary string

Sample Workflow

Use exLoadout Selector to choose your desired loadout name.

Feed that into exLoadout Checkpoint Loader to load model, CLIP, and VAE automatically.

Optionally use other nodes to read/write spreadsheet data or inspect additional columns.

Notes

Exact filenames only—make sure to include file extensions in spreadsheet cells.

Files must reside in these folders:

    models/checkpoints/

    models/clip/

    models/vae/

You can search for the row via Column A through search_string or by direct row number.

The summary strings (e.g., %A: X %B: Y) allow downstream parsing by other nodes or workflows.