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tl;dr

ComfyUI custom nodes that compress diffusion models into smaller precision formats like FP8, INT8, and NVFP4 while preserving image quality.

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    What it does
      Quantizes diffusion models
      Splits AIO checkpoints
      Analyzes model layers
    Tech stack
      Python
      ComfyUI
      PyTorch
      safetensors
    Use cases
      Shrink a model to FP8 or NVFP4
      Split an AIO checkpoint
      Preserve quality with profiles
    Audience
      AI artists
      ComfyUI users

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what do people make with this?

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Shrink a large diffusion model into FP8, INT8, or NVFP4 to save disk and GPU memory.

VIBE 2

Split an all-in-one checkpoint into separate model, text encoder, and VAE files.

VIBE 3

Generate a layer-by-layer quantization report for a model.

VIBE 4

Apply a saved quantization profile to a new model for predictable results.

what's the stack?

PythonPyTorchComfyUIsafetensorsCUDA

how it stacks up fr

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LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatehard
Complexity3/53/55/5
Audiencedesignerresearcherresearcher

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · moderate time til it works · 30min

Needs an NVIDIA GPU for the newest formats, plus 64GB+ RAM recommended for large models.

The README excerpt does not state license terms.

in plain english

Starnodes Model Converter is a set of custom nodes for ComfyUI, the visual workflow tool used for AI image and video generation. Its main job is to shrink large diffusion models by converting them into more compressed number formats, so they take up less disk space and less GPU memory while trying to keep image quality close to the original. The package includes a few different nodes. The main one, the Ultimate Model Converter, converts a model into formats like FP32, FP16, FP8, INT8, or the newer NVFP4 format, and it uses architecture specific profiles so that the layers most sensitive to quality loss are kept in higher precision while less sensitive layers get compressed harder. There is also a splitter node that takes an all in one checkpoint file, which bundles the diffusion model, text encoder, and VAE together, and separates it into its own individual files. A model layers info node analyzes a model layer by layer and can generate a detailed report, and a Pro version of the converter applies saved quantization profiles with a stricter rule set for predictable results. The project ships with ready made profiles tuned for a number of well known model families, including Flux, Qwen Image, LTX, Wan, and others, each with specific settings meant to preserve quality for that architecture. Some of the newest formats, like NVFP4 and INT4 with block Hadamard rotation, require an NVIDIA GPU and, in some cases, a fairly recent GPU generation. To install it, you clone the repository into ComfyUI's custom_nodes folder and install its Python dependencies, then restart ComfyUI. It needs a recent version of ComfyUI, PyTorch with CUDA support for GPU acceleration, and an additional dependency called comfy kitchen for several of the newer quantization formats. The README also warns that converting large models can use a lot of system memory, and recommends at least 64 gigabytes of RAM plus a large pagefile or swap space if you run into memory errors, with a CPU fallback available for machines with limited GPU memory.

prompts (copy fr)

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Show me how to install the Starnodes Model Converter into my ComfyUI custom_nodes folder.
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Explain the difference between FP8, INT8, and NVFP4 target formats here.
prompt 3
Walk me through splitting an all-in-one checkpoint with the AIO Splitter node.
prompt 4
Help me pick the right model_type profile for a Flux model conversion.

Frequently asked questions

what is comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter fr?

ComfyUI custom nodes that compress diffusion models into smaller precision formats like FP8, INT8, and NVFP4 while preserving image quality.

What language is comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, PyTorch, ComfyUI.

What license does comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter use?

The README excerpt does not state license terms.

How hard is comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter for?

Mainly designer.

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