Stableswarmui

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

SwarmUI (formerly StableSwarmUI) is a multi-backend Stable Diffusion orchestrator by mcmonkey (Stability AI alumnus) — combines ComfyUI as a backend with a polished, A1111-style frontend, adding multi-GPU support, batch automation, model management, and account system. Production-grade by design.

The answer for teams that want "ComfyUI power without ComfyUI's learning curve".

What it's for

  • Modern unified UI — better than raw ComfyUI for browse/batch
  • Multi-GPU automatic load balancing — queue jobs across GPUs
  • Batch generation — image grids, parameter sweeps
  • Workflows tab — full ComfyUI accessible underneath
  • Model Manager — visual install/download
  • Account system + per-user quotas
  • API-ready — REST endpoints for automation

Who it's for

  • Production teams needing ComfyUI power + A1111 UX
  • Multi-user environments (studios, agencies, hosting providers)
  • Multi-GPU setups wanting automatic distribution
  • Workflows authors wanting one platform for design + production
  • Hosting providers selling self-hosted SD with account management

Why teams pick SwarmUI over alternatives

  • MIT licensed — fully open
  • ComfyUI under the hood — full node power when you need it
  • Modern UI — fast SPA, much nicer than vanilla ComfyUI
  • Multi-GPU built-in — load balance automatically
  • Account system day one — quotas, user separation
  • mcmonkey backing — Stability AI alumnus, deep SD knowledge
  • Generated workflows reusable — same JSON loads in raw ComfyUI

Integrations

  • ComfyUI backend — every ComfyUI workflow runs here
  • Multi-backend — ComfyUI + A1111 simultaneously
  • API — REST endpoints (different from A1111 / ComfyUI native API)
  • OIDC / OAuth — via reverse proxy for SSO
  • Multi-GPU — automatic round-robin or priority assignment
  • CivitAI — direct browser + download
  • HuggingFace — model search + install
  • Reverse proxy for production HTTPS

Notable users & community

  • 1.5k+ GitHub stars (newer, growing fast)
  • Backed by Stability AI ecosystem
  • Production deployments in design studios
  • Active Discord
  • Stability AI internal teams use it for prototype/demo workflows

Tips & operations

  • Boot time: 8-12 min first run (downloads .NET + ComfyUI bootstrap)
  • Account creation: first user is admin, set username/password
  • Models path: /SwarmUI/Models organized by type (Stable-Diffusion, LoRA, VAE, ControlNet)
  • Multi-GPU: automatic; configure priority in Settings
  • Workflows: build in Generate tab, save, batch via API
  • Production: reverse proxy + HTTPS, account quotas enforced

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Cloned mcmonkeyprojects/SwarmUI repo
  • .NET 8.0 base image with Python + git + wget pre-installed
  • launch-linux.sh with --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7801
  • Persistent volumes: repo, Models (checkpoints/LoRA/VAE/ControlNet), Output
  • Install report at /root/bluixapps/stableswarmui.txt
  • GPU pre-flight check via bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime
  • Backup hook covers Models + Output + accounts DB
  • Best-fit positioning for multi-user setups in install report
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