# ComfyUI: self-hosting guide & alternatives | SelfHostAI

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Last updated: 2026-10-15


**Short answer:** How to self-host ComfyUI: requirements, licence and alternatives.

Last updated: 15 October 2026 · No tax figures on this site, so no GOV.UK check applies; tool details come from each project's public GitHub repository · [Markdown version](https://ai.andreiturcea.com/tool-comfyui.html.md)

Node-based image and video diffusion UI.

| Category | Image gen |
|---|---|
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Repo | [comfyanonymous/ComfyUI](https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI) |

## How do you self-host it?

See the official README for Docker or binary install. A 2 vCPU / 4 GB VPS runs most UIs; LLM runtimes need a GPU or must run small quantised models on CPU.

## What are the alternatives?

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