Manual Comfyui HIDREAM Models Install

Manual Install Method from my last Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/OeKRc2CjAmA

Download and extract the ComfyUI portable version from:
https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI

After extraction, your folder should look like this:

ComfyUI_windows_portable/
├── ComfyUI/
│ ├── models/
│ └── custom_nodes/
├── python_embeded/
└── run_nvidia_gpu.bat

Install Required Custom Nodes
Navigate to:
ComfyUI_windows_portable/ComfyUI/custom_nodes

Then open terminal or CMD in this folder and run:

git clone https://github.com/ltdrdata/ComfyUI-Manager.git
git clone https://github.com/Jonseed/ComfyUI-Detail-Daemon.git
git clone --recursive https://github.com/ssitu/ComfyUI_UltimateSDUpscale.git
git clone https://github.com/city96/ComfyUI-GGUF.git
git clone https://github.com/wallish77/wlsh_nodes.git
git clone https://github.com/cubiq/ComfyUI_essentials.git
git clone https://github.com/kijai/ComfyUI-KJNodes.git
git clone https://github.com/rgthree/rgthree-comfy.git

IMPORTANT: For any folder that has a requirements.txt, install dependencies using:
python_embeded\python.exe -m pip install -r PATH\TO\requirements.txt

Download HiDream Model Files
All model files are hosted here:
https://huggingface.co/Aitrepreneur/FLX/tree/main

Place each model in its correct subfolder inside:
ComfyUI_windows_portable/ComfyUI/models/

models/unet/
(Choose ONE based on your GPU VRAM)

hidream-i1-dev-Q4_K_S.gguf – GPUs <12 GB
hidream-i1-dev-Q5_K_S.gguf – GPUs 12–16 GB
hidream-i1-dev-Q8_0.gguf – GPUs 16 GB+ (BEST quality)

models/vae/

ae.safetensors

models/text_encoders/

clip_g_hidream.safetensors
clip_l_hidream.safetensors
llama_3.1_8b_instruct_fp8_scaled.safetensors
t5xxl_fp8_e4m3fn_scaled.safetensors

models/upscale_models/

4x-ClearRealityV1.pth
RealESRGAN_x4plus_anime_6B.pth

OPTIONAL – ONLY if you have 24 GB+ VRAM
models/diffusion_models/

hidream_i1_dev_fp8.safetensors

Run ComfyUI




## RunPod Installation

1. Create account at: https://bit.ly/runpodAi
2. Choose a 24GB VRAM GPU with the aitrepreneur/comfyui template
3. Access port 8888
4. Follow the same folder structure as above
5. Use `curl` to download files:

   curl -L -o "filename" "URL"

6. Monitor logs with:

   tail -f workspace/logs/comfyui.log