BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

ComfyUI

Node-based diffusion studio that runs image and video models on your own hardware and your own weights — no cloud key at all.

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Category:
Image Generation Tools
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (GPL-3.0)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Desktop, Self-hosted, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
No cloud key required for local model
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
87/100

ComfyUI is a graph-based interface for running diffusion models — Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Flux and video models — with control over every step of the pipeline. It is bring-your-own-compute rather than bring-your-own-key in the usual sense: you download open model weights and run inference locally on your own GPU with no vendor account and no pooled API, so there is no per-image markup to pay. Optional API nodes let you attach your own key for cloud image and video providers if you want them. Runs as a desktop app or self-hosted server on Windows, macOS, Linux and Docker. GPL-3.0, 126,801 stars.

Why this trust score (87/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 25/25 — No cloud key is needed at all — the model runs locally.
  • Request Routing 17/20 — Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 20/20 — Source is public under GPL-3.0, so anyone can check how the key is handled.
  • Privacy 14/15 — Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere. Can be self-hosted, so the data path stays inside infrastructure you control.
  • Maintenance 10/10 — Actively developed — commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10 — Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier: RESEARCH_ASSISTED — derived from the evidence below, not set by hand.

  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-11 — about 0 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

Key handling varies. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Add your provider API key in settings and choose a model.