📥 Checkpoint Download List

Pick a checkpoint from a dropdown, and this node downloads it (if you don't already have it) and loads it, handing you the usual MODEL / CLIP / VAE to start sampling. No going to civitai, no downloading a 6 GB file by hand, no dropping it in models/checkpoints and restarting. The list is curated - around 93 models - and leans heavily on Stable Diffusion VN's own finetunes (SDVN1-Real, SDVN6-RealXL, the 3D and anime variants) alongside standard bases like SD 1.5. It's the fastest way to go from "I want to try that model" to a running graph.

Because the SDVN pack comes out of a large Vietnamese SD community, the curated list reflects their tastes - realism, anime, and their in-house checkpoints. If that's the neighbourhood you work in, this is a genuine convenience.

How it works

The pack ships model library files (model_lib*.json) that map friendly names to download links. Selecting a name looks it up, and if the file isn't already in your checkpoints folder, it fetches it from civitai or HuggingFace - using aria2c for accelerated downloads when available - then loads it exactly like a standard checkpoint loader. After the first run the file's local, so subsequent runs just load it.

The inputs and outputs that matter

• Model - the dropdown. That's the whole input surface: pick one of the ~93 curated checkpoints.

Outputs are the standard trio: MODEL (to your KSampler), CLIP (to your text encoder), and VAE (to your decode). Wire them as you would any checkpoint loader's outputs.

How to install it

Comes with the SDVN pack. ComfyUI Manager, search SDVN_Comfy_node; or:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/StableDiffusionVN/SDVN_Comfy_node
pip install -r custom_nodes/SDVN_Comfy_node/requirements.txt

from the ComfyUI root, then restart.

Common issues & troubleshooting

On Windows or macOS, install aria2c yourself. The auto-download path needs it and it isn't bundled on those platforms (the README says so plainly). Linux usually has it already. Without it, the download can fail.

The first run is slow, and that's the download. Checkpoints are big - 2 to 12 GB depending on the model. The initial fetch takes as long as your connection takes; it's not the node hanging. Make sure you have the disk space, too.

A curated link is dead. These lists point at civitai/HuggingFace URLs that can move or get taken down. If one specific model won't fetch, the link may have gone stale - grab that model manually and drop it in your checkpoints folder, or use a different entry.

You wanted a model that's not on the list. This node only offers the curated set. For an arbitrary checkpoint from any URL, use the pack's plain Checkpoint Download node (which takes a link) instead of this list-based one.