ComfyUI basic concepts
Core Nodes vs Custom Nodes
4 min
not all nodes are built the same in floyo, you can use both core nodes and custom nodes in any workflow we install new custom nodes daily we install new custom nodes daily if your workflow needs a node that isn’t already among the hundreds we’ve already preloaded, we aim to add it within 24 hours in reality, our developers get to work much faster than that but we try to give them some breathing room core nodes core nodes are the default set that comes with comfyui these are the basics, the essential tools that power almost every workflow they include things like model loaders samplers and schedulers prompt inputs image outputs conditioners like controlnet or upscalers image processing tools (like resizing, combining, masking) core nodes are stable, well supported, and usually all you need for common workflows if you've used comfyui before, you'll recognize them right away custom nodes custom nodes come from the broader comfyui community or your own team these extend what you can do far beyond the basics a custom node can be made to do anything but could for example include things like specialized lora loaders custom samplers text tools, logic gates, or advanced math control nodes for animation, ui, scripting, or batch workflows nodes for non image tasks, like audio, data, or function chaining floyo supports over 2,500 custom nodes, and you can load your own too if someone has built it and shared it, you can use it using core and custom nodes you can mix core and custom nodes freely most advanced workflows use a combination of both you don't need to know where every node comes from, if it works, it works if you're not sure what a node does, hover over it for a tooltip or inspect its inputs and outputs floyo makes it easy to experiment without breaking your flow missing custom nodes if you're loading a workflow with custom nodes not currently installed on floyo, a message is sent to our developers, who will get right on installing them officially we're giving them 24 hours, but they get a lot of coffee, so it's usually quicker than that
