Choosing a model
Open Models. There are three ways to get a model, under Add a model.
| Add | Custom | Your own worker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What runs it | RunPod’s own worker | your copy of a Cobalt Pear worker | your copy of a Cobalt Pear worker, or any worker you made |
| LoRAs | no | yes | yes (Cobalt Pear workers) |
| Setup | fewest steps — or Make it does it for you | copy the worker on GitHub, then make the endpoint | copy the worker on GitHub, then make the endpoint |
| Works for | every model in the list | list models with a single-file checkpoint | Civitai links, worker repos, pack or workflow files |
In short: just want pictures → Add. Want LoRAs on a list model → Custom. The model is on Civitai → paste its link under Your own worker.
The list
Section titled “The list”- The list is RunPod’s own: Hugging Face models, most downloaded first, kept if RunPod’s worker can run them. New models come in and dropped ones go by themselves; models you already added stay.
- Tabs sort them by kind — text to picture, picture to picture, video and so on.
- Each model’s note says how big a GPU it needs.
- NSFW means the model is marked not-for-all-audiences on Hugging Face.
- Gated means you must accept the model’s terms on Hugging Face first, and the worker needs your Hugging Face token.
- If Hugging Face can’t be reached, the fixed Cobalt Pear list shows instead.
Press Add, then either:
- tick Let Cobalt Pear make it on RunPod and press Make it — the endpoint is made for you. Your RunPod key passes through a small relay (its code), which keeps nothing about you — only how many times each model was made.
- or do the RunPod steps the app shows, then paste the endpoint ID.
Models added this way take a prompt, size and seed. They show No LoRA on this worker.
Custom
Section titled “Custom”Custom runs a list model on your own copy of the Any Civitai model worker for its family (SDXL, FLUX.1 or Z-Image), so LoRAs work there. It counts as your own worker.
The button shows only on models that have a single-file checkpoint on Hugging Face. Models stored only as diffusers folders can’t go on a worker copy — use Add for those.
Your own worker
Section titled “Your own worker”Paste into Your own worker:
- A Civitai model link — an SDXL, Pony, Illustrious, NoobAI, FLUX.1, Chroma, Z-Image or SD 1.5 checkpoint.
Copy it from the address bar on the model’s page. Click a version there first to get the
?modelVersionId=…part; without it you get the newest version. The settings come from Civitai, and you get a ready worker to copy. - A worker repo URL — a worker with a
pack.json.
Or choose a pack or ComfyUI workflow .json file.
Then follow the setup guide to make the endpoint.