CivitAI Browser Ex | A1111 & Forge Classic Extension

Browse, download and manage your models without leaving your WebUI — built for Automatic1111 and Forge Classic.

Brings the full feature set of CivitAI Browser Neo — auto-organization, dashboard, creator management, and download reliability — natively to A1111, Forge Classic, and any Gradio 3.x SD WebUI.

Features 🚀

Browse & Search 🔍

• Browse CivitAI directly inside your WebUI — no tab switching needed

• Filter by content type, base model, sort order, time period, and NSFW

• Base model list is auto-updated from CivitAI API at startup

• Favorite or ban creators with instant card filtering

• Search settings persist across restarts

Download 📥

• Download any model, version, and file in one click

• Aria2 high-speed multi-connection downloads

• Download queue — multiple downloads run in sequence without blocking the UI

• Queue persistence — restore banner after browser disconnect; re-queue everything with one click

• SHA256 integrity check — every download verified; corrupted files caught and removed automatically

• Instant batch enqueue — queuing 10 models is as fast as queuing 1

• Cancel downloads individually or all at once

Model Updates 🔄

• Outdated card detection — orange border on cards with a newer version available

• Batch update from cards: select multiple and download all at once

• Retention policy on update: keep, trash, or replace

• Audit log: ex_update_audit.jsonl

Auto-Organization 🗂️

• Automatically sort new downloads into subfolders by architecture (SDXL/, Pony/, Illustrious/, etc.)

• Organize your entire existing collection in one click

• Validate organization — read-only per-file scan

• Fix misplaced files — moves flagged models with automatic backup

• Full backup & one-click rollback (keeps last 5 backups)

• Custom category patterns via JSON in Settings

Dashboard 📊

• Disk usage broken down by model type and architecture

• Pie chart, progress bars, percentage breakdown

• Top 10 largest files and top categories

• Export CSV / JSON

Safety & Integrity 🔒

• Deleted models go to OS Trash by default

• SHA256 post-download integrity check

• Filename length capped at 246 UTF-8 bytes (Linux safe)

• Illegal character sanitization

How to install 📘

1. Open your WebUI

2. Go to Extensions → Install from URL

3. Paste: https://github.com/eduardoabreu81/sd-civitai-browser-ex

4. Click Install and reload

Requirements: A1111 or Forge Classic or any Gradio 3.x SD WebUI · Python 3.10+

Using Forge Neo? We recommend CivitAI Browser Neo for an even better experience on Forge Neo.