NodeTool is the open-source creative AI workspace. Every major model from every major provider — FAL, KIE, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Replicate, and more — is called with your own keys and wired into one node-based canvas. Image, video, audio, and text live on the same surface, with editing tools like masks, inpaint, outpaint, relight, upscale, layers, and compositing built in. Runs as a desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux, or in the browser via NodeTool Cloud.

How is NodeTool different from ComfyUI?

ComfyUI is a Stable Diffusion power tool built for engineers. NodeTool is the full creative workspace — image, video, audio, and text on one canvas, with the editing tools creatives actually use. NodeTool also supports far more models across providers and media types, called with your own keys at provider prices.

How is NodeTool different from Figma Weave (formerly Weavy) or other closed SaaS canvases?

Closed canvases lock you into a credit system and a hand-picked list of models. NodeTool is open source. You bring your own API keys to every provider, pay providers directly at provider prices, and own your workflows and files. Cloud is just our managed hosting of the same open-source code you can run yourself.

How does pricing work?

NodeTool Studio is free to download and use. NodeTool Cloud is a subscription for managed hosting. In both editions, you bring your own API keys to every provider and pay those providers directly at their list prices. NodeTool does not run models for you on its own servers, does not issue its own credits, and does not mark up model calls.

What models does NodeTool support?

The latest models, including Flux, Seedance, Wan, Veo, Kling, Hailuo, Qwen Image, Whisper, ElevenLabs, and Suno, called through providers like FAL, KIE, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Replicate, Together, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter, and HuggingFace. Models can also run on your own machine via MLX, Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM, and LM Studio.

Independent generative artists, motion designers, AI-native illustrators, technical art directors, ComfyUI power users frustrated with the UX, and small creative studios, brand teams, and post-production shops working with AI every day.

Is NodeTool open source?

Yes. Both Studio and Cloud share the same AGPL-3.0 codebase. There is no closed-source layer and no "pro tier" hiding the good features. You can self-host any time.

All templates

Template·Text & Data

Chat With Your Documents

Name: NodeTool
Author: NodeTool

Retrieval-augmented Q&A over your own documents. Index a small knowledge base into a vector collection, pull the passages matching a search keyword, and get a Markdown answer that cites its sources and refuses to guess when the answer isn't in the docs. NodeTool's first RAG example. The answer step uses gpt-5-mini (OpenAI key); the collection is configured for Ollama nomic-embed-text embeddings.

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Chat With Your Documents — example output from the NodeTool workflow

The workflow

Workflow EditorChat With Your Documents

Note

String Input

How long does the Aurora One take to fully charge, and what does its warranty cover?

String Input

Aurora

String Input

# Aurora One — Technical Specifications The Aurora One is a lightweight urban electric bike. It ships with a 500 Wh removable battery and a…

String Input

# Aurora One — Battery & Charging The Aurora One battery charges from empty to full in about 4 hours with the included standard charger, or…

String Input

# Aurora One — Warranty & Support Every Aurora One includes a 2-year limited warranty covering the frame, motor, and battery against manufa…

Collection

Index Text Chunk

Collection

Text

Index Text Chunk

Collection

Text

Index Text Chunk

Collection

Text

Query Text

Collection

Text

Documents

Join

Strings

Prompt

Context

Question

Context passages retrieved from the knowledge base: {{ CONTEXT }} -------------------- User question: {{ QUESTION }}

Agent

Prompt

Text

gpt-5-mini

Output

Nodes in this workflow

15 nodes · 8 types

String Input
nodetool.input.StringInput
×5
Index Text Chunk
vector.IndexTextChunk
×3
Output
nodetool.output.Output
×2
Agent
nodetool.agents.Agent
Collection
vector.Collection
Join
nodetool.text.Join
Prompt
nodetool.text.Prompt
Query Text
vector.QueryText

How to run it

01
Download NodeTool Studio
Install the free desktop app for macOS, Windows, or Linux. It runs on your own machine, no account required to start.
02
Open the Chat With Your Documents template
Browse the built-in template library inside Studio and open this workflow onto the canvas. Every node is already wired up.
03
Add your keys
Connect the providers this workflow uses (Agent). Bring your own keys — you pay the provider directly.
04
Run and remix
Hit Run to execute the graph and watch results stream in. Swap models, edit prompts, or rewire nodes to make it yours.