# Civitai

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/civitai/

6 people recommended Civitai in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Civitai as a hub for AI image and video models, with community guides, ComfyUI workflows and showcase galleries. Critics say much of the site is adult content.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Base model pages and community guides (2 comments in the sample): "Various subreddits and civitAI blogs describe comfyui workflows and details on how to maximize LoRA effectiveness and are probably all you need for a guided…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45894530)) "Just visit Civitai, look at the pages for the base models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50219071))
- Top showcase videos and images (2 comments in the sample): "I find many of the top videos on civitai.com to be amazing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46503943)) "go to civitai and look through the top stuff and be wowed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50269100))

## What people warn about

- Mostly adult and NSFW content (3 comments in the sample): "the logged-in front page has several scantily clad large breasted ladies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48783919)) "Civitai is neutral but it is mostly nsfw even though they don't show it outright" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49459278)) "Civit ai is like 99% porn though" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090990))

## Other model hubs people recommend

- [Hugging Face](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hugging-face/): 70 recommend, 15 mixed, 53 criticize
- [ModelScope](https://hackerapproved.com/p/modelscope/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://civitai.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Civitai", https://hackerapproved.com/p/civitai/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.