Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion WebUI Easy Installer and Launcher

This is an UNOFFICIAL simplified installer & launcher for Automatic1111's Stable Diffusion WebUI

For simple installation, download the Latest Realease (.exe) and follow the Installation Instructions

If you want to improve the installer, git clone or Fork & Pull Request (this project mainly uses Advanced Installer 19+ and Powershell)

⚠️ WARNING, Read Carefully ⚠️

• This only works on Windows 10 and 11 x64
• This has only been tested on NVIDIA Graphics Cards (Make sure your drivers are up to date ! )
• This installer installs the original Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion WebUI repository but is not affiliated with it, if you get questions or errors after seeing Installing requirements for Web UI in the command window, after clicking LAUNCH WEBUI, they'll be related to the WebUI itself and not this installer, so do not ask or report them here, but here
• On the other hand, if you find a glitch before that or have a feature request, please fill an issue and more importantly join the r/StableDiffusion discord to discuss the project and get general help about the WebUI

INSTALLING

1. Download the latest release (.exe file) and run it
2. The Installer Window:

   • If this is your first install and you're in a hurry, just click INSTALL, then FINISH and skip to 3.

   • Choose an Install Path (Default is recommended).

     ⚠️ If you want to install it somewhere else, make sure it's in a dedicated empty folder as subsequent installs or uninstalls could actually wipe what's in it.

   • If you see the "The Install Path Already Contains..." text this means a Stable Diffusion WebUI folder is already present in the Installation Path

     if you're updating your Easy Launcher or want to use it with an existing manual WebUI install as seen bellow, this means you've selected the right folder !

   • (Advanced) The launcher can be used with an existing manual install of Automatic1111 Stable Diffusion WebUI by using the parent folder of the Stable Diffusion WebUI folder as the Launcher Install Path.

     ⚠️ This parent folder should only have the Stable Diffusion WebUI folder in it, as subsequent installs or uninstalls could actually wipe what's in it !

3. After clicking FINISH, the install folder will open, it should contain the A1111 WebUI Easy Launcher shortcut, drag & drop it to the taskbar and click it to open the Easy Launcher.

   ⚠️ If you see a A1111 WebUI (Pin to Taskbar) shortcut, delete it, this is from an ancient version

THE EASY LAUNCHER

When double clicking A1111 WebUI (Pin to Taskbar) You should be greeted with the launcher

Features

WebUI Maintenance Settings

• Browse: This will browse to the stable-diffusion-webui folder
• Reset: This will wipe the stable-diffusion-webui folder and reclone it from github

  ⚠️ The folder is permanently deleted so make some back ups if needed ! A pop up will ask you for confirmation

• Auto-Update WebUI : This will update (git pull) the WebUI everytime you launch it
• Auto-Update Extensions : Same thing but with the extensions
• Clear Generated Images : This will clear all previously generated images from the outputs folder at launch.

  ⚠️ The images are permanently deleted ! A pop up will ask you for confirmation

The Force buttons next to the above functions will execute the relevant function as soon as you click instead of waiting for launch

Note: If you have a custom output folder, only the folder specified in the "Output directory for images; if empty, defaults to three directories below" field in the WebUI settings will be cleared.

Launch Options

• Low VRAM : Allows cards with low VRAM to be able to generate images, this will increase render time, but will make things smooth
• Xformers : Greatly speeds up RTX 3000 / 4000 cards, can sometimes work with previous gens cards as well !
• Checkpoint Folder : If you don't have a specific checkpoint folder, do not click this, else select it there 💡click the path to reset
• Default VAE : This will allow you to select a default separate for all models VAE file 💡click the path to reset
• Additional Arguments : If you know what you're doing, you can add additional launch arguments for the UI here, as you would have done in webui-user.bat. You can also click on the text to see all the arguments available.

  ⚠️ Click SAVE to confirm the additional arguments, else they won't be saved

Misc

• Launch Options Overview for easy verification & debug
• Launcher Version displayed
• Main GPU & VRAM displayed
• Ablity to copy the WebUI Commit Hash (practical for opening GitHub issues)
• Direct link to the Issues section of the Installer/Launcher Github
• Direct link to the Issues section of the WebUI

Launcher launch options

You can add launch options to the launcher itself by adding them at the end of the "A1111 WebUI (Pin to Taskbar)" shortcut target

• skip : This goes straight to the Stable Diffusion WebUI with your existing settings without displaying the Launcher UI
• no-autolaunch : This will launch the WebUI server without opening it when you click LAUNCH WEBUI, so you can just browser to http://127.0.0.1:7860/ on your preferred browser