Civitai
The image model hub: checkpoints, LoRAs and the example images that show what they actually do. Indispensable, and volatile.
- Hosted
- Active
- Opt-in adult content
- Freemium
At a glance
- Where it runs
- HostedSomeone else runs it. Whatever you type reaches their servers.
- Adult content
- Opt-inOff by default; you turn it on in settings.
- Trains on your content
- UnknownNo clear statement found.
- Status
- ActiveMaintained and working today.
- Account needed
- No
- Licence
- Proprietary (platform)
- Cost
- Free browsing and download; paid tiers for on-site generation.
- What it keeps
- Uploads are public. Account data is held under their terms.
Civitai is where community image models are published, and the gallery attached to each one is the only practical way to tell what a checkpoint is good at before downloading six gigabytes of it.
It has changed what it permits several times under payment-processor pressure, and models have been removed at short notice. Treat anything you rely on as something to keep a copy of — the same advice this site gives about every hosted thing, with more evidence behind it than most.
Worth knowing before you start
- What is permitted has changed repeatedly Policy has moved under payment-processor pressure more than once; models have been removed.
- Adult content is off until you opt in A new or signed-out visitor sees a filtered site and may conclude a model is missing when it is hidden.
What it does
- Checkpoints, LoRAs and embeddings
- Example galleries with generation settings
- On-site generation
- Adult content behind an opt-in setting
Models it runs
Signs of life
Checked automatically. These are the only figures on this page a machine wrote, and they say when they were taken.
- Last answered
- Yes, 3 hours ago Its website responded when we asked.
- Archived copy
- Wayback Machine A snapshot, in case this one stops answering.
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