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-ComfyUI
-=======
-The most powerful and modular stable diffusion GUI and backend.
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+# ComfyUI
+**The most powerful and modular stable diffusion GUI and backend.**
+
[![Website][website-shield]][website-url]
[![Matrix][matrix-shield]][matrix-url]
[![Discord][discord-shield]][discord-url]
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+[![][github-release-shield]][github-release-link]
+[![][github-release-date-shield]][github-release-link]
+[![][github-downloads-shield]][github-downloads-link]
+[![][github-downloads-latest-shield]][github-downloads-link]
[matrix-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Matrix-000000?style=flat&logo=matrix&logoColor=white
[matrix-url]: https://app.element.io/#/room/%23comfyui_space%3Amatrix.org
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[discord-shield]: https://img.shields.io/discord/1218270712402415686?style=flat&logo=discord&logoColor=white&label=Discord
[discord-url]: https://www.comfy.org/discord
+[github-release-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI?style=flat&sort=semver
+[github-release-link]: https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/releases
+[github-release-date-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/release-date/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI?style=flat
+[github-downloads-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/total?style=flat
+[github-downloads-latest-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/latest/total?style=flat&label=downloads%40latest
+[github-downloads-link]: https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/releases
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This ui will let you design and execute advanced stable diffusion pipelines using a graph/nodes/flowchart based interface. For some workflow examples and see what ComfyUI can do you can check out:
### [ComfyUI Examples](https://comfyanonymous.github.io/ComfyUI_examples/)