Kforge Labs

Use the sidebar as a project kit.

Save the nodes, modules, workflows, tags, and snapshot state you need for a project, then load that setup again when the work comes back.

Start here

The sidebar has six main areas.

Snapshot, Tools, Search, Nodes, Workflows, and saved lists work together to keep each project kit easy to save, find, and reload.

Kforge Labs sidebar overview screenshot

Snapshot row

Status, Load, Quick Save, Save.

Tools row

Maintenance plus the Help guide.

Search

Find nodes, workflows, folders, and tags.

Nodes action bar

Arrange nodes by Git repo name or theme, and add favorite nodes to the side panel.

Workflows action bar

Save the entire canvas or selected nodes.

Saved lists

Nodes, Workflows, and Tags stay visible below.

First read the sidebar from top to bottom: Snapshot, Tools, Search, Nodes, Workflows, Tags.

Most important idea

Snapshot saves the whole project kit.

A snapshot saves your favorite nodes, workflows, modules, tags, and the current sidebar organization. Use one named snapshot per project, shot, client, or experiment.

Snapshot flow from sidebar state to saved file to project library and later reload

Two-layer save

Save when you mean it. Auto-save catches the rest.

Your named snapshot only changes when you click Save or Quick Save. Auto-save runs every 5 minutes in the background — but only when something has actually changed — and writes a separate recovery copy PERIODIC under <snapshot>_autosave/. If you load a snapshot whose recovery copy is newer than the saved version, the Load dialog keeps both choices in view: NO - load saved or YES - load latest. At load time, Kforge Labs also creates a timestamped recovery copy of the kit being replaced PRE-LOAD_* in that same <snapshot>_autosave/ folder, so you can restore it later from Snapshot row → L (Load) → Recovery auto-saves. See Showcase 2 below.

Project rhythm

A simple workflow

  1. Load or create a snapshot, for example Client_Shot010.
  2. Add favorite nodes while building the shot.
  3. Save reusable node clusters as modules.
  4. Quick Save during the session.
  5. Save named snapshots for each project, shot, or task.
  6. Load the right snapshot when you return.
Six step project workflow for snapshots and modules
The goal is not to remember every button. The goal is to keep each project setup reusable.

Snapshots

Save and reload the whole project kit.

  • Load
  • Quick Save
  • Save
  • Save to... / Load from...

Nodes

Keep favorite nodes organized and easy to update.

  • Search
  • Add
  • Remove
  • Smart view

Search

Filter your curated kit by node, workflow, folder, or tag.

  • Nodes
  • Workflows
  • Folders
  • Tags

Workflows

Save full scripts or reusable node selections.

  • Save script
  • Save selection
  • Load
  • Insert module

Smart organization

Reshape your saved work folders, drag-drop, and move.

  • Create folders
  • Drag and drop
  • Move setups
  • Clean archive

Visual recipes

Common things you will do

Snapshot library

Load a project kit when you return to a shot.

Load snapshot row restores that saved project kit. Use the named snapshot list when you want to switch projects, return to a shot, or reload a deliberate save. See also: TWO-LAYER SAVE

Load snapshot dialog showing saved snapshots and recovery autosaves

Snapshot library · Auto-save options

Save when you mean it. Auto-save catches the rest.

The Load dialog shows Recovery auto-saves for the selected kit. Periodic is the latest background auto-save. Pre-load entries are timestamped copies made when another kit replaced this one. When the newest recovery copy is newer than the named save, choose NO - load saved or YES - load latest. See also: TWO-LAYER SAVE

Recovery auto-saves section showing periodic and pre-load recovery entries

Reusable modules

Save selected nodes as a module.

Save saves the entire canvas under the workflows tree. Save selection stores only the selected canvas nodes. Use Save as module to insert it back into another canvas later.

Sidebar toolbar screenshot with workflow save-selection highlighted

Tags

Give saved workflows another way to show up.

Add tags to saved workflows and modules so the same item can appear under more than one useful label. A module can live in its folder, show up under Tags, and still be found from Search.

Tags modal showing current tags and an Add tag field Sidebar Tags section showing module, UP-scale, and Wan 22 tag folders

Search

Find useful favorites faster.

Search inside the kit you already curated: verified nodes, saved workflows, folders, and tags arranged your way. You do not need the full exact name — type the part you remember and it filters across those layers.

Search results showing matching favorite nodes

Context actions

Manage saved workflows from the sidebar.

Right-click any saved workflow or module for a full action menu. Use Update from selection or canvas to refresh an existing saved workflow without recreating it. You can also load, insert, rename, retag, duplicate, archive, delete, or create a new destination folder from the menu. Right-click an Archive folder to clean up older duplicate backups; the cleanup groups them by original setup name and keeps the newest versions from the last 5 minutes, last hour, and last day for each group. Drag workflows onto existing folders to move them there.

Right-click context menu on a saved workflow showing available actions

Folder organization

Shape the library around the way you work.

Create or delete folders to shape your library. Drag and drop to rearrange items between folders, then group, rename, or rearrange anytime.

Sidebar showing folder actions — create, rename, delete, drag-and-drop

Snapshot transfer

Move useful pieces between project kits.

Compare mode

Load another snapshot beside your current kit.

Use A/B compare when you want to borrow nodes, workflows, folders, or tags from another saved kit without replacing your current one. The left side is your editable target; the right side is the source snapshot you are inspecting.

Snapshot compare view showing the current kit beside another saved snapshot

Find what changed

Expand the source snapshot and review the green/red hints.

Green rows exist only in the source snapshot. Red rows already exist in both places but differ. Use those color hints to decide what is worth copying before you touch your live kit.

Snapshot compare view expanded to show new and modified source items

Copy folders

Right-click a source folder to copy its contents into your kit.

Copying a folder keeps its path, creates missing folders, skips identical workflows, and keeps both copies when the same workflow name has different content. That makes it useful for pulling a whole publish set or module group across in one action.

Snapshot compare context menu showing Copy folder to the target kit

Return to normal

After copying, your kit stays the one that saves.

Compare mode is for review and transfer. When you leave it, the sidebar returns to the normal saved-kit view, and your current kit keeps the items you copied in.

Normal sidebar saved-kit view after snapshot transfer

Support

Need help or found a bug?

First try the recovery paths in this guide: restart ComfyUI after installs, use Tools → Install missing packs for missing custom nodes, and check Snapshot → Load → Recovery auto-saves when a saved kit looks older than expected. If the problem is still reproducible, open a GitHub issue and include your ComfyUI version, Koolook version, install method, terminal log, browser console errors, and steps to reproduce. Read the report checklist.