Comfy Desktop
Comfy Desktop is a native desktop app for running ComfyUI locally, letting users build and execute node-based generative AI workflows on their own hardware.
What is Comfy Desktop?
Comfy Desktop is a desktop app for running ComfyUI on a local computer. It helps artists, creators, and technical users build node-based generative AI workflows, manage models and extensions, and run image or video generation on their own hardware instead of in a browser-only cloud service. On Mac, it is offered for Apple Silicon systems and uses the same ComfyUI workflow approach found in the broader Comfy ecosystem. Common uses include experimenting with open models, customizing pipelines step by step, loading community workflows, and iterating on prompts, parameters, and outputs. The app is designed for users who want local control over models, files, and processing, while still getting a packaged installer and app-style setup experience instead of a manual command-line installation.
Key features
- Run ComfyUI locally on your own hardware
- Build and edit node-based AI workflows on a visual canvas
- Load community workflows and customize them for your projects
- Install and manage extensions from inside the app
- Use open-source models and adjust parameters step by step
- Keep workflows and generated assets in a local desktop workflow
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Comfy Desktop is legitimate software for local AI workflows. It can use substantial CPU, GPU, memory, disk space, and downloaded model storage, which is normal for this type of app. Network access may be used for setup, updates, extensions, and downloading models, while local generation workflows can also be used on your own machine. If you install community extensions or third-party models, use sources you trust and watch storage usage, since those add-ons can affect reliability and privacy more than the app itself.
Recommendation: Keep Comfy Desktop if you use ComfyUI for local image, video, or workflow-based AI work. Remove it only if you no longer use local ComfyUI, and expect to lose convenient access to its installed workflows, extensions, and app-managed environment until you reinstall it.
Common paths
/Applications/Comfy Desktop.app~/Library/Application Support/Comfy Desktop~/Library/Logs/Comfy Desktop
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.todesktop.241012ess7yxs0e
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Comfy Desktop
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.todesktop.241012ess7yxs0e.plist
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