From e16d2666361958b33a0953b3cf5db8288d102382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Behzad Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:34:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Say that the pack depends on styleref.io MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 'No dependencies' was a packaging claim dressed up as a general one. Nothing to pip install is true; independent is not. These nodes are a client — every style is fetched from the API and every prompt is compiled server-side, so no connection means no styles, and an outage means errors rather than degraded output. Someone deciding whether to install this deserves to read that in the paragraph that currently says 'nothing to install', not infer it later. Also names both hosts it can contact: the API, and the storage host serving inspiration images when the Reference Images node runs. Those requests are anonymous by design — the token never leaves the API. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 --- README.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9fd8872..13b5b83 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -27,11 +27,25 @@ cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes git clone https://github.com/StyleRef/styleref-comfyui ``` -Restart ComfyUI. Nothing to install: the pack declares no dependencies and -imports on the standard library alone. The Reference Images node reaches for -Pillow and numpy when it runs, and every ComfyUI install already ships those. -Look for `[StyleRef] v1.0.4 — 5 nodes registered` in the -server console at startup. +Restart ComfyUI. Nothing to install: the pack declares no Python dependencies +and imports on the standard library alone. The Reference Images node reaches +for Pillow and numpy when it runs, and every ComfyUI install already ships +those. Look for `[StyleRef] v1.0.4 — 5 nodes registered` in the server console +at startup. + +**It does depend on styleref.io.** These nodes are a client, not a local +library: every style is fetched from the StyleRef API at +`https://styleref.io/api/v1`, and all prompt compilation happens there. So the +pack needs a working internet connection and the service to be up — offline, or +during an outage, the nodes fail with an error rather than degrading. Loaded +styles are cached for the session, so a graph mid-run keeps working, but the +first load of any style is a network call. `STYLEREF_API` repoints the client +if you run your own instance. + +Two hosts, then, and no others: the API above, and — only when the Reference +Images node runs — the storage host serving that style's inspiration images. +Those image requests are deliberately anonymous: your token is never sent to a +host outside the API. Nothing here spends credits. ## 60-second quickstart