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+path_mappings.yaml
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+# Path mappings configuration for ComfyUI-Lora-Manager
+# This file allows you to customize how base models and Civitai tags map to directories when downloading models
+
+# Base model mappings
+# Format: "Original Base Model": "Custom Directory Name"
+# 
+# Example: If you change "Flux.1 D": "flux"
+# Then models with base model "Flux.1 D" will be stored in a directory named "flux"
+# So the final path would be: <model_directory>/flux/<tag>/model_file.safetensors
+base_models:
+  "SD 1.4": "SD 1.4"
+  "SD 1.5": "SD 1.5"
+  "SD 1.5 LCM": "SD 1.5 LCM"
+  "SD 1.5 Hyper": "SD 1.5 Hyper"
+  "SD 2.0": "SD 2.0"
+  "SD 2.1": "SD 2.1"
+  "SDXL 1.0": "SDXL 1.0"
+  "SD 3": "SD 3"
+  "SD 3.5": "SD 3.5"
+  "SD 3.5 Medium": "SD 3.5 Medium"
+  "SD 3.5 Large": "SD 3.5 Large"
+  "SD 3.5 Large Turbo": "SD 3.5 Large Turbo"
+  "Pony": "Pony"
+  "Flux.1 S": "Flux.1 S"
+  "Flux.1 D": "Flux.1 D"
+  "Flux.1 Kontext": "Flux.1 Kontext"
+  "AuraFlow": "AuraFlow"
+  "SDXL Lightning": "SDXL Lightning"
+  "SDXL Hyper": "SDXL Hyper"
+  "Stable Cascade": "Stable Cascade"
+  "SVD": "SVD"
+  "PixArt a": "PixArt a"
+  "PixArt E": "PixArt E"
+  "Hunyuan 1": "Hunyuan 1"
+  "Hunyuan Video": "Hunyuan Video"
+  "Lumina": "Lumina"
+  "Kolors": "Kolors"
+  "Illustrious": "Illustrious"
+  "Mochi": "Mochi"
+  "LTXV": "LTXV"
+  "CogVideoX": "CogVideoX"
+  "NoobAI": "NoobAI"
+  "Wan Video": "Wan Video"
+  "Wan Video 1.3B t2v": "Wan Video 1.3B t2v"
+  "Wan Video 14B t2v": "Wan Video 14B t2v"
+  "Wan Video 14B i2v 480p": "Wan Video 14B i2v 480p"
+  "Wan Video 14B i2v 720p": "Wan Video 14B i2v 720p"
+  "HiDream": "HiDream"
+  "Other": "Other"
+
+# Civitai model tag mappings
+# Format: "Original Tag": "Custom Directory Name"
+# 
+# Example: If you change "character": "characters"
+# Then models with tag "character" will be stored in a directory named "characters"
+# So the final path would be: <model_directory>/<base_model>/characters/model_file.safetensors
+model_tags:
+  "character": "character"
+  "style": "style"
+  "concept": "concept"
+  "clothing": "clothing"
+  "base model": "base model"
+  "poses": "poses"
+  "background": "background"
+  "tool": "tool"
+  "vehicle": "vehicle"
+  "buildings": "buildings"
+  "objects": "objects"
+  "assets": "assets"
+  "animal": "animal"
+  "action": "action"