If you're new to Stable Diffusion and the AUTOMATIC1111 Web UI, you may be wondering what to do with all these model files you can get on Civitai. Allow me to be your guide as I endeavor to clear that mystery up just a little bit.
Quick Guide
Base Models | File Type: .ckpt or .safetensors | Save To: \stable-diffusion-webui\models\Stable-diffusion
LoRA | File Type: .safetensors | Save To: \stable-diffusion-webui\models\Lora
LyCORIS | File Type: .safetensors |
A1111 version < 1.5 Save To: \stable-diffusion-webui\models\LyCORIS
A1111 version >= 1.5 Save To: \stable-diffusion-webui\models\Lora
Textual Inversion | File Type: .safetensors or .pt or .bin | Save To: \stable-diffusion-webui\embeddings
Upscaler | File Type: .pth | Save To: \stable-diffusion-webui\models\ESRGAN
VAE | File Type: .safetensors | Save To: \stable-diffusion-webui\models\VAE