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title: "ComfyUI Interface Overview"
description: "In this article, we will briefly introduce the basic user interface of ComfyUI, familiarizing you with the various parts of the ComfyUI interface."
sidebarTitle: "Interface Overview"
icon: "window"
---

The visual interface is currently the way most users utilize ComfyUI to call the [ComfyUI Server](/development/comfyui-server/comms_overview) to generate corresponding media resources. It provides a visual interface for users to operate and organize workflows, debug workflows, and create amazing works.

Typically, when you start the ComfyUI server, you will see an interface like this:

![ComfyUI Basic Interface](/images/interface/overview/comfyui_new_interface.jpg)

Currently, the [ComfyUI frontend](https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI_frontend) is a separate project, released and maintained as an independent pip package. If you want to contribute, you can fork this [repository](https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI_frontend) and submit a pull request.

## Localization Support

Currently, ComfyUI supports: English, Chinese, Russian, French, Japanese, and Korean.
If you need to switch the interface language to your preferred language, you can click the **Settings gear icon** and then select your desired language under `Comfy` --> `Locale`.

![ComfyUI Localization Support](/images/interface/overview/locale.jpg)

## New Menu Interface

### Workspace Areas

Below are the main interface areas of ComfyUI and a brief introduction to each part.

![ComfyUI Workspace](/images/interface/overview/comfyui-new-interface-main.png)

Currently, apart from the main workflow interface, the ComfyUI interface is mainly divided into the following parts:

1. **Main Menu**: Click to expand the function menu, including file operations, help menu, etc.

**Left Navigation Sidebar:**
2. **Left Panel Entries**:
   - **ASSETS**: Displays generated images, videos, and other assets.
   - **Nodes**: Lists ComfyUI native and third-party nodes.
   - **Models**: Shows model information detected after ComfyUI starts. After startup, if models are downloaded, press the `r` key to refresh node definitions and get the latest models.
   - **Workflows**: Displays locally saved workflows.
   - **Templates**: Provides ComfyUI built-in workflow templates.

**Bottom Left Toolbar:**
3. **Bottom Toolbar**: Contains buttons for Help (opens runtime logs), Console (opens runtime logs), Shortcuts (displays shortcut panel), and Settings (opens settings panel).

**Top Header Bar:**
4. **Top Area**: Displays the currently opened workflow.
5. **New Workflow Button**: Click to create a new blank workflow file.
6. **Right Control Area**: Run and queue control management, where you can run workflows and view the queue.
7. **Login Status**: Not displayed by default, only shown after login, used when closed-source Partner Nodes are required.
8. **Quick Access Button**: Opens the right-side panel.

**Bottom Right Canvas Controls:**
9. **Canvas Navigation Tools**: Can switch between move or pan modes, open the minimap, and toggle node connection display.

### Sidebar Panel Buttons

![ComfyUI Sidebar Panel](/images/interface/overview/side-panel.png)

In the current ComfyUI, we provide four side panels with the following functions:
1. Workflow History Queue (Queue): All queue information for ComfyUI executing media content generation
2. Node Library: All nodes in ComfyUI, including `Comfy Core` and your installed custom nodes, can be found here
3. Model Library: Models in your local `ComfyUI/models` directory can be found here
4. Local User Workflows (Workflows): Your locally saved workflows can be found here

## Old Menu Version

Currently, ComfyUI enables the new interface by default. If you prefer to use the old interface, you can click the **Settings gear icon** and then set `Use new menu` to `disabled` under `Comfy` --> `Menu` to switch to the old menu version.

<Note>
The old menu interface only supports English.
</Note>

The function annotations for the old menu interface are explained below:

![ComfyUI Old Menu](/images/interface/overview/comfyui-old-menu.png)