Head to head · Images · updated Oct 17, 2026
ComfyUI vs Fooocus
ComfyUI scores 97 to Fooocus's 75 on public evidence for generate images from text, and they rank #1 and #2 there. Both are free to start. Numbers below are the same public signals the ranking uses, recomputed nightly — nothing here is sponsored.
ComfyUI
Node-based open-source interface for building image, video and audio generation pipelines locally.
+ Gets day-one support for new open models (Flux, Wan, Hunyuan) and lets you wire up any pipeline you can imagine.
− The node graph has a steep learning curve and shared workflows frequently break on missing custom nodes.
Fooocus
Simplified offline Stable Diffusion XL app that hides sampler settings behind a Midjourney-style prompt box.
+ Produces good SDXL results with zero tuning, making it the easiest local generator to start with.
− In maintenance mode and tied to SDXL, so it does not support newer models like Flux.
Side by side
public evidence| ComfyUI | Fooocus | |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence score / 100 | 97 | 75 |
| GitHub stars | 137,960 | 53,551 |
| Hacker News stories, 30d | 4 | 0 |
| Release-feed mentions, 30d | 22 | 0 |
| Last activity | 0 days ago | 319 days ago |
| Pricing | Open source · free; needs your own GPU | Open source · free |
| Platforms | windows, mac, linux | windows, linux |
| Maker | Comfy Org | lllyasviel |
Which one?
Pick ComfyUI if
- you want the stronger public evidence (97 vs 75)
- you need it on mac
- you want active maintenance (0 days since last activity vs 319)
Best for power users running open models locally.
Pick Fooocus if
Produces good SDXL results with zero tuning, making it the easiest local generator to start with.
Best for beginners wanting local SDXL.