Models and the Model Hub

Models and the Model Hub

Smart model detection and architecture presets

MooshieUI recognizes a broad set of model architectures and auto-applies an optimal sampler, scheduler, steps, CFG, and resolution for each. Families include (among others): SD 1.5, SD 2.x, SDXL, Illustrious/NoobAI, Pony Diffusion, SD3/SD3.5, the Flux family (Flux.1 Dev/Schnell/Krea and Flux 2 Klein variants), Chroma, Z-Image, Wan, Qwen, AuraFlow, PixArt, HunyuanDiT, Stable Cascade, Kolors, Anima (COSMOS), Mugen (SDXL + Flux2 VAE), and Nanosaur (1.2B DiT).

Behavior worth knowing:

• Accelerated models (turbo, lightning, lcm, hyper in the name) get reduced steps and lower CFG automatically.
• Rectified flow models inject the correct ModelSampling node with architecture-specific shift values.
• FluxGuidance is injected for Flux Dev; Flux Schnell is detected and skipped.
• Hash-based identification - models are recognized by SHA256 hash (CivitAI AutoV2), so renamed files still resolve.

Recommended models (auto-download)

A few curated checkpoints can auto-download on selection with a live progress bar and file size, including a NoobAI/Illustrious checkpoint and Anima Base v1.0 (~13 GB). The exact recommended list evolves between releases, so treat the in-app list as the source of truth.

Model Hub (CivitAI / HuggingFace browser)

Browse and download models from inside the app:

• Filter by type (Checkpoint, LoRA, ControlNet, Upscaler, VAE, Textual Inversion), sort (Highest Rated, Most Downloaded, Newest), time period, architecture, and file format (SafeTensor, PickleTensor, GGUF, Diffusers, CoreML, ONNX, Other).
• Add a CivitAI API key for gated content.
• One-click download routes the file to the correct folder with a real-time progress bar.

CivitAI-enriched galleries

The bottom-panel LoRA and Checkpoint galleries auto-fetch CivitAI metadata (name, preview images, model ID) for your local files and cache it for 24 hours. The LoRA gallery lets you set a thumbnail from a CivitAI image URL. Both support search and sort by name/date/family, plus right-click actions.

Model manager

In Settings you can manage local model files across categories (checkpoints, loras, vae, upscale, controlnet, embeddings, ultralytics, text encoders, diffusion models): search by filename, delete files, move files between configured directories, and see total disk usage per category.

Model requests (multi-user)

In hosted/multi-user deployments, non-admin users can request a model download by CivitAI URL. Admins and moderators see a pending/approved/denied queue and can approve (which starts the download) or deny with a reason. See Server, LAN and Multi-User.