ComfyUI Launches Open-Source Challenge to Rebuild Paid Creative App Features, $10,000 Grand Prize
Comfy-Org · reddit · 2026-10-03
ComfyUI announced an Open Call Challenge inviting the community to rebuild subscription-gated creative features—cinematic camera controls, character consistency, relighting, face swap—as open-source workflows, arguing that open-weight models have caught up and only the app layer remains closed.
Key details:
- Prizes: $10,000 grand prize plus three RTX 5090s (Most Practical / Most Entertaining / Best OSS-Only); ecosystem bonuses include $2,000 for the best LTX VFX workflow and Flux credit awards
- Requirements: build on the Comfy Developer Platform (API, Router, and/or SDK); submissions need a GitHub repo with open-source license and local run instructions, plus a ≤2 min demo video
- Timeline: build window opens 10/5, AMA 10/8, SF Build Night 10/13, submissions close 10/19, winners 10/22
- First 100 signups get free Comfy credits
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