CivitAI Browser Neo | Forge Neo Extension
Browse, download and manage your models without leaving your WebUI — built for Forge Neo
A modern evolution of sd-civitai-browser-plus, rebuilt for Forge Neo with auto-organization, a disk usage dashboard, creator management, and the most reliable download pipeline available in any civitai browser extension.
Features 🚀
Browse & Search 🔍
Browse CivitAI directly inside Forge Neo — 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 — always current, never stale
Favorite or ban creators with instant card filtering
Search settings (sort, NSFW, base model) persist across restarts
🆕 Multi-source browsing: CivArchive, ModelScope and Arc en Ciel alongside CivitAI
🆕 Paste a model URL from CivitAI, CivArchive, Hugging Face, ModelScope or Arc en Ciel to fetch it directly
🆕 Independent "hide early access" and "hide paid" filters
Download 📥
Download any model, version, and file in one click
Aria2 high-speed multi-connection downloads — maximize your bandwidth
Download queue — multiple downloads run in sequence without blocking the UI
Queue persistence — if your browser disconnects (e.g. RunPod timeout), a restore banner lets you re-queue everything with one click
SHA256 integrity check — every download is verified against CivitAI's hash; corrupted files are caught and removed automatically
Instant batch enqueue — queuing 10 models is as fast as queuing 1 (API calls deferred to download time)
Cancel downloads individually or all at once — thread-safe, never hangs
🆕 .gguf checkpoints download, organize and update like any other format
🆕 Previews saved as PNG or JPEG, with configurable quality
🆕 Aria2 retries with backoff when CivitAI rate-limits the download
🆕 Paid and early access versions are blocked before the request, naming which paywall applies
🆕 Separate progress bars for the Browser and Local Models tabs
Model Updates 🔄
Outdated card detection — orange border on cards with a newer version available
Batch update: select multiple outdated models via checkbox and download all at once
Retention policy on update: keep both files, move old to
_Trash, or replaceAudit log: retention actions recorded in neo_update_audit.jsonl
🆕 Update Models is now merged into the Local Models tab
🆕 Pick the target version yourself, resolved by model family
🆕 "Update to latest" keeps the base model family you already have installed
Auto-Organization 🗂️
Automatically sort new downloads into subfolders by architecture (SDXL/, Pony/, FLUX/, Wan/, etc.)
Organize your entire existing collection in one click
Validate organization — read-only scan with per-file report (correct / misplaced / no metadata)
Fix misplaced files — moves only flagged models to correct subfolders, with backup
Full backup & one-click rollback (keeps last 5 backups)
Custom category patterns configurable via JSON in Settings
🆕 Sort LoRAs into category subfolders, on its own or combined with base model
🆕 Verify local metadata: check that the CivitAI IDs cached next to your models still resolve
🆕 Resolve via CivArchive: recover metadata for models delisted from CivitAI
🆕 Mark a model for review to revisit it later
Dashboard 📊
Disk usage broken down by model type and architecture
Pie chart, progress bars, and percentage breakdown
Top 10 largest files and top 10 categories by file count
Export dashboard data as CSV or JSON
Orphan file detection (
.safetensorswith no metadata sidecar)
Model Cards 🃏
Color-coded borders: aquamarine = installed, orange = outdated, gold = favorited creator
Quick delete from card, multi-select for batch download
NSFW badge, Paid badge, model type badge
Creator cards: gold glow + ⭐ badge for favorited creators
Video previews play on hover (muted)
Safety & Integrity 🔒
Deleted models go to the OS Trash by default (not permanent delete)
SHA256 post-download integrity check
Filename length capped at 246 UTF-8 bytes (Linux filesystem safe)
Illegal character sanitization in filenames
How to install 📘
Open Forge Neo WebUI
Go to Extensions → Install from URL
Paste:
https://github.com/eduardoabreu81/sd-civitai-browser-neoClick Install and reload
Requirements: Forge Neo · Python 3.10+ · Gradio 4.40.0
Using Automatic1111 or Forge Classic? Check out CivitAI Browser Ex — the same features, natively compatible with Gradio 3.x WebUIs.
Description
v1.0.0 — First Stable Release
The biggest update since the Neo fork. The Browser is no longer tied to CivitAI alone, the Local Models tab was rebuilt from scratch, and LoRA category management ships alongside it.
Multi-Source Browser. Search through source adapters instead of CivitAI only: CivArchive, ModelScope and Arc en Ciel join CivitAI in the source dropdown. CivArchive also brings a "Deleted from CivitAI" filter for models that were removed from the site.
Paste model URL. Paste a direct link from CivitAI, CivArchive, Hugging Face, ModelScope or Arc en Ciel and the extension figures out the provider, fetches the model and renders a card ready to download. Hugging Face file links resolve to the exact file, subfolders included.
Local Models rebuilt. Its own state, pagination (25/50/100 per page), filters and progress bar, fully separate from the Browser tab. Update Models is merged into it, so scanning, batch updating, renaming and deleting all happen in one place. Models the API cannot resolve stay visible as local-only cards instead of vanishing from your library.
LoraDex. A new sub-tab for LoRA categories. Every LoRA gets a category suggested from its tags, description and filename, you can override it by hand, and the choice is saved to the .json sidecar. Categories show as badges on the cards and can sort your LoRAs into Lora/[base]/[category]/ subfolders.
Badges on the native Extra Networks cards. Your txt2img and img2img checkpoint and LoRA cards now show the base model, the LoRA category, trigger words and the real CivitAI name, read from the sidecars already on disk with no extra API calls. There is also an opt-in theme that restyles those cards to look like the CivitAI website.
Paid and Early Access are finally told apart. A timed early access window (which expires into a free download) gets an aqua badge, a permanent Buzz purchase gets a gold "Paid" badge. Each has its own hide filter, and downloads of gated versions are now blocked up front with a message naming which gate applies, instead of failing with a confusing Aria2 error.
Metadata maintenance. "Verify local metadata" checks that the CivitAI IDs cached next to your models still resolve and that the .api_info.json matches its file. "Resolve via CivArchive" then recovers real metadata for models that were delisted, so they keep working names, versions and previews.
GGUF support. .gguf is a first-class checkpoint format now: scanned by Local Models, recognised as installed by Browser cards, with sidecars, delete and update checks working exactly like .safetensors.
Faster and steadier. Installed detection and bulk download no longer walk your whole model tree once per card. Previews can be saved as JPEG. Aria2 retries with backoff on rate limits. Freshly published versions no longer show a false "Unable to load preview images" error, and updating with "Replace installed" no longer writes the previous version's data into the sidecar.
Full changelog and documentation: https://github.com/eduardoabreu81/sd-civitai-browser-neo/wiki