# cubiq/ComfyUI_InstantID

Repository: https://github.com/cubiq/ComfyUI_InstantID
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/comfyui_instantid
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-04-14T07:50:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 33/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 16, release rhythm 35, longevity 67
- inputs: {"age_days": 949, "days_push": 506, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1834, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:42.534272+00:00)

## What it is
A ComfyUI custom node providing native InstantID support for identity-preserving image generation with SDXL, implemented without diffusers. It integrates face keypoint detection, IP-Adapter-based models, and ControlNet directly into ComfyUI workflows.

## Use cases
- generate images of a specific person from a single reference photo
- preserve facial identity in stable diffusion generations
- build ComfyUI workflows for identity-consistent portraits
- change the pose of a person in a generated image using keypoints
- create SDXL portraits without training a LoRA

## When to choose
- you use ComfyUI and want InstantID without diffusers dependencies
- you need native node-based integration for identity-preserving SDXL generation
- you want full control over face keypoints and noise injection in workflows

## When to avoid
- you need SD 1.5 or models other than SDXL
- you want actively developed features - the repo is in maintenance-only mode
- you don't use ComfyUI as your generation frontend

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, machine-learning, stable-diffusion
- domain: image-processing, artificial-intelligence, deep-learning
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: comfyui, custom-nodes, instantid, face-preservation, sdxl, ip-adapter, generative-ai, id-generation, gpu

## Member repositories
- cubiq/ComfyUI_InstantID (main) score 33

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.534272+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:18:35.553938+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cubiq/ComfyUI_InstantID (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.534272+00:00, sha ff38f69c4c40)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.