CivitAi Local Model Browser

This is a tool for locally searching and browsing a copy of the CivitAi Checkpoint and LORA JSON data downloaded through the CivitAi API as of May 5, 2025.

The scripts used to download, convert to SQLite, and the raw JSON and 7zipped SQLite database are available here

The main use for this is to have an offline metadata viewer and alternate search tool since CivitAi is now hiding some models from search, although the model pages and downloads are still available.

An alternative to this is https://github.com/RemmyLee/civitr, also uses the same models.db.

Screenshots

Instructions

1. Install Python 3.10 or later
2. Run start.bat

This will automatically install the necessary python packages (see requirements.txt) for running a standalone webserver.

It will then start the server at localhost:8000

The app will download models.7z from my Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1CBDBmaRa_85ohZ4Ok0tfAnQ8lbrQWph8 and decompress it (this will take up 2GB)

To change the port, edit start.bat and change the following line:

SET UVICORN_PORT=8000

Development

• Install nodejs and npm, then run npm install in the frontend folder.
• Run npm run start to start the development server with hot reload on http://localhost:3000
• Run npm run build to compile and pack to the build/static folder

Local Deployment

After running npm run build, you will need to copy the following files and folders:

• backend
• frontend/build/static
• requirements.txt
• start.bat

You should preserve the path for frontend/build/static. Your directory structure should be like this:

/backend
  main.py
  requirements.txt
/frontend
  /build
     /static
     ...
start.bat