ComfyUI Extension: ComfyUI Load Image Media Browser

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Load Image Media Browser for ComfyUI

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ComfyUI Load Image Media Browser

ComfyUI Load Image Media Browser is an independently published derivative project based on audioscavenger/ComfyUI-Thumbnails.

Screenshots

Demo Media Browser

Demo

Node Overview

Nodes

Features

It adds a media browser to the native Load Image and Load Video nodes in ComfyUI, making it easier to browse, preview, sort, and select files from the input directory.

Features

  • adds a Browse Media button to Load Image and Load Video
  • shows images and videos in both nodes
  • only compatible media can be selected in each node
    • Load Image selects image files
    • Load Video selects video files
  • Images / Videos toggle buttons to show or hide media types
  • remembers the last opened folder
  • keeps next / previous selection inside the current folder
  • sorting by:
    • date descending
    • date ascending
    • name A–Z
    • name Z–A
  • direct file deletion from the browser
  • mixed aspect ratio thumbnail support
  • automatic node resizing for media previews
  • aspect-ratio presets for:
    • 16:9
    • 9:16
    • 1:1
    • 4:3
    • 3:4

Supported media

Images

png, jpg, jpeg, webp, gif, bmp, tif, tiff, avif, jxl, apng, ico

Videos

mp4, webm, mov, m4v, mkv, avi

How it works

This extension enhances the native ComfyUI file-loading workflow.

  • Load Image and Load Video get an additional Browse Media button
  • the browser opens in the current or last used folder
  • both media types remain visible for context
  • only valid media for the active node can be selected
  • selected media is written back into the native node widget, so the workflow still behaves like a normal ComfyUI workflow

Installation

Manual Download

  1. Open a terminal inside your custom_nodes folder in your ComfyUI installation.
  2. Clone this repository into ComfyUI/custom_nodes/:
git clone https://github.com/puk77/ComfyUI-Load-Image-Media-Browser.git

Then:

  1. restart ComfyUI
  2. hard refresh the browser once

Updating

Replace the old folder, restart ComfyUI, and hard refresh the web UI.

Notes

  • videos are previewed in the browser UI and can be selected through Load Video
  • images are previewed in the browser UI and can be selected through Load Image
  • this extension works inside the ComfyUI input directory structure
  • file deletion is limited to files inside the allowed input tree

Thumbnail behavior

  • thumbnails are not stored as separate files
  • previews are generated directly from the original media in the ComfyUI input directory
  • this node does not create a persistent thumbnail cache
  • closing ComfyUI does not remove any thumbnail files created by this node, because none are created

Release

Current version: 1.0.0

Suggested GitHub topics

comfyui, custom-node, media-browser, thumbnail-browser, load-image, load-video

Credits

Original upstream project: audioscavenger/ComfyUI-Thumbnails

This repository is an independently published derivative work with additional changes, behavior updates, and packaging.

License

This repository uses AGPL-3.0-or-later.

Keep the included LICENSE file when redistributing or publishing modified versions.

Publisher metadata

Suggested pyproject.toml values:

[tool.comfy]
PublisherId = "puk77"
DisplayName = "ComfyUI Load Image Media Browser"

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