Install Stable Diffusion Forge UI – Quick and Easy 1-Click Method

Introduction

Hello there and welcome!

The Stable Diffusion Forge UI is built on top of the Automatic1111 UI, and offers significant advantages, especially in terms of image generation speed and added functionality.

For Automatic1111 users, the interfaces are incredibly similar, so switching to Forge is seamless, with a very low learning curve.

With the recent release of Flux, Forge is one of the first local install Web UIs to support these new models, making it even more popular.

In this video, I’ll walk you through the quickest and easiest way to install the SD Forge UI on your Windows PC, using the one-click package.

So, let’s crack on.

Download SD Forge UI One-Click Package

Let’s start by downloading the SD Forge UI one-click package.

To keep things organised, I’ll create a “Forge” parent folder on my E drive, to keep all the Forge files and folders inside.

Open the SD Forge GitHub page in your browser. I’ll leave the URL link in the description for you.

Scroll down to the “Installing Forge” section.

Click on the first, “Click Here to Download One-Click Package” link.

In the “Save As” window, navigate to where you want to save the file, I’ll save it in my new “Forge” folder on my E drive, then click “Save”.

Extract SD Forge UI One-Click Package

Once the file has finished downloading, navigate to your download location. In my case, the “Forge” folder on my E drive.

You’ll see the downloaded Forge Web UI 7-Zip file.

Now, let’s extract it.

I’ll use 7-Zip.

Right-click the file, choose “Show more options”, then “7-Zip”, and select “Extract Here” to extract directly into my “Forge” folder.

Once the extraction process has finished, you can select and delete the original downloaded 7-Zip file, to save some disk space.

Update and Run SD Forge UI

Before running Forge, it’s important to first run the updater. This ensures everything is updated to the latest versions, including all bug fixes.

Let’s do that now.

Double-click the “update dot bat” file, to start the update process.

A Command Prompt window will open, showing the update progress.

Once the update is finished, the text “Press any key to continue” will appear.

Press any key on your keyboard, and the Command Prompt window will close.

Now, it’s time to run Forge.

Double-click the “run dot bat” file.

Again, the Command Prompt window will launch.

The first time you run Forge, it might take longer, as it needs to carry out several checks and installations, including downloading and installing, the default “Realistic Vision” checkpoint model.

Eventually, everything will complete, and the SD Forge Web UI will launch in your browser.

Remember, don’t close the Command Prompt window. Let it run in the background, as closing it will stop Forge working in your browser.

You now have the Stable Diffusion Forge UI installed. Easy!

Enable a Dark Theme for SD Forge

The standard Forge UI theme is light, which can be a bit of an eye strain.

If you prefer a dark theme, this is quick and easy to do.

Navigate back to your Forge folders and files.

Open the “webui” folder.

Find the “webui user dot bat” file.

Right-click on this file, and select “Edit in Notepad”.

Directly after “set COMMANDLINE_ARGS=”, type “dash dash, theme”, then a space, then “dark”.

That’s it! Save the file.

Let’s do a quick check to make sure the dark theme is enabled automatically, when you run Forge.

Go back to your Forge folders and files, and double-click the “run dot bat” file.

Forge will eventually open in your browser, with the dark theme enabled automatically.

Easy!

Conclusion

Now you know the quickest and easiest way to install the Stable Diffusion Forge UI on your Windows PC, using the 1-click package, as well as how to enable a dark theme for it.

Anyway, hope you found this video helpful, and I’ll catch you in the next one.