🎉 THANK YOU FOR 1,000 FOLLOWERS!
That is genuinely insane to me.
When I made the 900 follower post, I said my goal was to get Bucko Model Merger v0.1 Beta shipped before I hit 1,000 followers.
Well.
You maniacs got me to 1k.
So I guess that means it is time. 🧬🔥
🧬 Bucko Model Merger v0.1 Beta is officially released
This is a visual workflow tool for model merging.
Or, in less fancy words:
I wanted model merging to feel less like summoning a demon through command-line syntax and more like building, saving, tweaking, reusing, exporting, and sharing a weird little recipe.
Bucko Model Merger is meant to help with things like:
checkpoint merge workflows
block-weight / MBW-style merge control
LoRA baking into checkpoints
LoRA combining
reusable merge recipes
legacy plan import/export
notebook export
backend detection / install help
Civitai / Hugging Face token support
experimenting without losing track of every ratio, temp model, setting, and cursed decision you made at 2 AM
This is v0.1 Beta, which means I am not pretending this is perfect.
Actually, please assume the opposite.
I want people to test it.
I want people to break it.
I want people to try cursed workflows.
I want people to find the bugs I missed.
I want feedback from people who know way more than me.
If something breaks, behaves weirdly, confuses you, or makes you go, “Bucko, what the hell is this button doing?” — please tell me.
That is the entire point of this beta.
⚠️ Important beta note
This is not a magic “make perfect model” button.
It is more like a merging workbench / playground for people who want to experiment with model merging while dealing with fewer syntax goblins, fewer mystery settings, fewer accidental overwrites, and fewer crimes against their hard drive.
Please use backups.
Please test responsibly.
Please do not trust v0.1 Beta with your only copy of anything important.
That would be very brave, but also extremely cursed.
Also, full disclosure like before: although I do have a background in coding, I have used Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex heavily while building this. So again, I am not pretending this first beta is some flawless enterprise-grade machine from the heavens.
It is a beta.
It is alive.
It probably has gremlins.
And I want your help finding them.
🙏 Credit where it is absolutely due
Huge thank you again to Crody’s Model Merge Guide v2.0 / Team C. That guide was a big part of what pushed me deeper into model merging and helped shape how I thought about this tool:
https://civitai.com/articles/22739/crodys-model-merge-guide-v20-team-c
Also credit to Faildes / Universal-Model-Merge-Scripter, which helped inspire cleaner plan-based merge workflow ideas:
https://github.com/Faildes/Universal-Model-Merge-Scripter
And also check out Crody’s model merger / planner GUI too:
https://civitai.com/articles/29699/model-merge-for-everyone-tc-model-merge-planner-gui
More tools means more people experimenting, learning, breaking things, making better merges, and pushing this weird little corner of AI art further.
That is awesome.
❤️ Thank you
Seriously, thank you for 1,000 followers.
I know follower milestones are just numbers, but this one means a lot to me. I started posting, experimenting, building, making weird stuff, sharing thoughts, and somehow a thousand of you decided to stick around for the ride.
That is wild.
Bucko Model Merger was originally just a side quest while I was working on my own model merge. I got annoyed that I did not have the tool I wanted, got completely sidetracked, and accidentally built the workbench I wished existed.
And now it is out.
So please download it, test it, break it, merge strange things, report bugs, request features, and tell me what would make it better.
🧬 Bucko Model Merger v0.1 Beta is live.
Release link: https://github.com/TheRealUncleBucky/Bucko-Model-Merger
Bug reports / feedback: https://github.com/TheRealUncleBucky/Bucko-Model-Merger/issues
Thank you for 1k.
Stay horny, stay unhinged, stay awesome. ❤️
P.S. I also set up a Patreon for anyone who wants to support development.
To be extremely clear: I am not putting Bucko Model Merger, its features, updates, fixes, or future tools behind Patreon. I do not want useful tools locked away from the people who could benefit from them.
Patreon is purely optional support for people who want to help me keep building public tools, writing docs, testing weird ideas, and making more stuff for the community.
No pressure. No locked features. Just support if you want to help fuel the chaos. ❤️