Why hackers moved from ComfyUI to Fooocus

1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.

ComfyUI 1 hacker criticizes it
→
Fooocus 1 hacker recommends it

What hackers said about the move

“Sure, for a balance between usability and power I'd recommend fooocus.”
somenameforme, 2026-07-13original comment ↗

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ComfyUI vs Fooocus

ComfyUIFooocus
Hackers who recommend01
Hackers who criticize10
Moved away from it11
Moved to it01

Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.

Criticism of ComfyUI

“Parsing ComfyUI workflows is tricky because of the spaghetti node graph.”
LucasPi, 2026-02-04original comment ↗

Praise for Fooocus

No further praise for Fooocus captured yet.