Stableswarmui
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
SwarmUI (formerly StableSwarmUI) is a multi-backend Stable Diffusion orchestrator by mcmonkey (Stability AI alumnus) — combines ComfyUI as a backend with a polished, A1111-style frontend, adding multi-GPU support, batch automation, model management, and account system. Production-grade by design.
The answer for teams that want "ComfyUI power without ComfyUI's learning curve".
What it's for
- Modern unified UI — better than raw ComfyUI for browse/batch
- Multi-GPU automatic load balancing — queue jobs across GPUs
- Batch generation — image grids, parameter sweeps
- Workflows tab — full ComfyUI accessible underneath
- Model Manager — visual install/download
- Account system + per-user quotas
- API-ready — REST endpoints for automation
Who it's for
- Production teams needing ComfyUI power + A1111 UX
- Multi-user environments (studios, agencies, hosting providers)
- Multi-GPU setups wanting automatic distribution
- Workflows authors wanting one platform for design + production
- Hosting providers selling self-hosted SD with account management
Why teams pick SwarmUI over alternatives
- MIT licensed — fully open
- ComfyUI under the hood — full node power when you need it
- Modern UI — fast SPA, much nicer than vanilla ComfyUI
- Multi-GPU built-in — load balance automatically
- Account system day one — quotas, user separation
- mcmonkey backing — Stability AI alumnus, deep SD knowledge
- Generated workflows reusable — same JSON loads in raw ComfyUI
Integrations
- ComfyUI backend — every ComfyUI workflow runs here
- Multi-backend — ComfyUI + A1111 simultaneously
- API — REST endpoints (different from A1111 / ComfyUI native API)
- OIDC / OAuth — via reverse proxy for SSO
- Multi-GPU — automatic round-robin or priority assignment
- CivitAI — direct browser + download
- HuggingFace — model search + install
- Reverse proxy for production HTTPS
Notable users & community
- 1.5k+ GitHub stars (newer, growing fast)
- Backed by Stability AI ecosystem
- Production deployments in design studios
- Active Discord
- Stability AI internal teams use it for prototype/demo workflows
Tips & operations
- Boot time: 8-12 min first run (downloads .NET + ComfyUI bootstrap)
- Account creation: first user is admin, set username/password
- Models path:
/SwarmUI/Modelsorganized by type (Stable-Diffusion, LoRA, VAE, ControlNet) - Multi-GPU: automatic; configure priority in Settings
- Workflows: build in Generate tab, save, batch via API
- Production: reverse proxy + HTTPS, account quotas enforced
What we ship in BluixApps
- Cloned
mcmonkeyprojects/SwarmUIrepo - .NET 8.0 base image with Python + git + wget pre-installed
- launch-linux.sh with
--host 0.0.0.0 --port 7801 - Persistent volumes: repo, Models (checkpoints/LoRA/VAE/ControlNet), Output
- Install report at
/root/bluixapps/stableswarmui.txt - GPU pre-flight check via
bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime - Backup hook covers Models + Output + accounts DB
- Best-fit positioning for multi-user setups in install report
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |