VAELoader - ComfyUI Built-in Node Documentation

Complete documentation for the VAELoader node in ComfyUI. Learn its inputs, outputs, parameters and usage.

This node will detect models located in the ComfyUI/models/vae folder, and it will also read models from additional paths configured in the extra_model_paths.yaml file. Sometimes, you may need to refresh the ComfyUI interface to allow it to read the model files from the corresponding folder.

The VAELoader node is designed for loading Variational Autoencoder (VAE) models, specifically tailored to handle both standard and approximate VAEs. It supports loading VAEs by name, including specialized handling for ‘taesd’ and ‘taesdxl’ models, and dynamically adjusts based on the VAE’s specific configuration.

Inputs

Field	Comfy dtype	Description
vae_name	COMBO[STRING]	Specifies the name of the VAE to be loaded, determining which VAE model is fetched and loaded, with support for a range of predefined VAE names including ‘taesd’ and ‘taesdxl’.

Outputs

Field	Data Type	Description
vae	VAE	Returns the loaded VAE model, ready for further operations such as encoding or decoding. The output is a model object encapsulating the loaded model’s state.