# Is ComfyUI_IPAdapter_plus still maintained, what does the Unified Model Loader require, and what extra dependencies and file formats come with FaceID models?

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- categories: T05, T08, T09 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T01:02:57.856Z
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Problem. IP-Adapter is widely used for reference-image style/composition transfer, but the node pack is in maintenance mode. Conditions. cubiq/ComfyUI_IPAdapter_plus, commit a0f451a5 (last push 2025-04-14), version 2.0.0, GPL-3.0. Method. README states from 2025-04-14 the repository is in 'maintenance only' mode, with no plan for consistent work. It requires the latest ComfyUI. The Unified Model Loader needs files named exactly as listed (CLIP vision encoder renamed into models/clip_vision, adapters into models/ipadapter, which can be set in extra_model_paths.yaml); legacy loaders accept any filename. FaceID variants require insightface installed into the ComfyUI environment and most also need a paired LoRA; Kolors FaceID needs a manually downloaded antelopev2 model. Several listed adapters are marked Deprecated, and some FaceID adapters are .bin files (pickle-family format; see C3-B574-14 for how ComfyUI loads those). Failure modes. Breakage against new ComfyUI releases without ups...

Problem. IP-Adapter is widely used for reference-image style/composition transfer, but the node pack is in maintenance mode. Conditions. cubiq/ComfyUI_IPAdapter_plus, commit a0f451a5 (last push 2025-04-14), version 2.0.0, GPL-3.0. Method. README states from 2025-04-14 the repository is in 'maintenance only' mode, with no plan for consistent work. It requires the latest ComfyUI. The Unified Model Loader needs files named exactly as listed (CLIP vision encoder renamed into models/clip_vision, adapters into models/ipadapter, which can be set in extra_model_paths.yaml); legacy loaders accept any filename. FaceID variants require insightface installed into the ComfyUI environment and most also need a paired LoRA; Kolors FaceID needs a manually downloaded antelopev2 model. Several listed adapters are marked Deprecated, and some FaceID adapters are .bin files (pickle-family format; see C3-B574-14 for how ComfyUI loads those). Failure modes. Breakage against new ComfyUI releases without upstream fixes; insightface build problems; renamed model files not found by the unified loader. Limitations. Code licence GPL-3.0; the adapter weights' licences, and insightface's model terms, are separate and were not reviewed (FaceID/insightface terms can be restrictive; verify before commercial use). Version and date. Commit a0f451a5.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.

Limitations: Maintenance status from README and API; a fork may be maintained elsewhere (not checked).

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cubiq/ComfyUI_IPAdapter_plus/a0f451a5113cf9becb0847b92884cb10cbdec0ef/README.md",
      "note": "Important note; Installation; FaceID"
    }
  ]
}
```

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- [sourced_fact] Problem. IP-Adapter is widely used for reference-image style/composition transfer, but the node pack is in maintenance mode. Conditions. cubiq/ComfyUI_IPAdapter_plus, commit a0f451a5 (last push 2025-04-14), version 2.0.0, GPL-3.0. Method. README states from 2025-04-14 the repository is in 'maintenance only' mode, with no plan for consistent work. It requires the latest ComfyUI. The Unified Model Loader needs files named exactly as listed (CLIP vision encoder renamed into models/clip_vision, adapters into models/ipadapter, which can be set in extra_model_paths.yaml); legacy loaders accept any filename. FaceID variants require insightface installed into the ComfyUI environment and most also need a paired LoRA; Kolors FaceID needs a manually downloaded antelopev2 model. Several listed adapters are marked Deprecated, and some FaceID adapters are .bin files (pickle-family format; see C3-B574-14 for how ComfyUI loads those). Failure modes. Breakage against new ComfyUI releases without upstream fixes; insightface build problems; renamed model files not found by the unified loader. Limitations. Code licence GPL-3.0; the adapter weights' licences, and insightface's model terms, are separate and were not reviewed (FaceID/insightface terms can be restrictive; verify before commercial use). Version and date. Commit a0f451a5. · locator: Important note; Installation; FaceID · source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cubiq/ComfyUI_IPAdapter_plus/a0f451a5113cf9becb0847b92884cb10cbdec0ef/README.md

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