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• Outdated card detection — orange border on cards with a newer version available

• Batch update: select multiple outdated models via checkbox and download all at once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 replace

• Audit 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 (.safetensors with 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 📘

1. Open Forge Neo WebUI

2. Go to Extensions → Install from URL

3. Paste: https://github.com/eduardoabreu81/sd-civitai-browser-neo

4. Click 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.