Civitai
Ranked 3 of 3 model hubs by recommenders
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.
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.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 58%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Base model pages and community guides
“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 tour of that space”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “We ran over 600 image generations to compare AI image models” “Just visit Civitai, look at the pages for the base models”
Comment from 24 Oct 2026 in “A practical guide to AI image generation, from diffusion to agents” Top showcase videos and images
“I find many of the top videos on civitai.com to be amazing”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025)” “go to civitai and look through the top stuff and be wowed”
Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “Genie 4”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Mostly adult and NSFW content
“the logged-in front page has several scantily clad large breasted ladies”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “2026 Unslop AI-Written Fiction Contest Results (judged by Gwern Branwen)” “Civitai is neutral but it is mostly nsfw even though they don't show it outright”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B” “Civit ai is like 99% porn though”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Local AI needs to be the norm”
Other model hubs people recommend
The two most recommended other model hubs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face | 92 | 62 | 60% | 12 | — | — |
| ModelScope | 9 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| CivitaiThis page | 7 | 5 | 58% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“go to civitai and look through the top stuff and be wowed”
“Just visit Civitai, look at the pages for the base models”
“Civitai (30k deepfake models of real women)”
“Civitai is neutral but it is mostly nsfw even though they don't show it outright”
“the logged-in front page has several scantily clad large breasted ladies”
“I think they had pretty good filters for that. Enabled by default.”
“CivitAI was impossible to navigate for anything that wasn't smut”
“Civit ai is like 99% porn though”
“I find many of the top videos on civitai.com to be amazing”
“Civitai is circling the drain.”
“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 tour of that space”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.