Understand the project
Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when a ComfyUI workflow needs to send supported generated media in real time to TouchDesigner for downstream visual or media work.
Who it is for
- ComfyUI users who want to route generated media into TouchDesigner.
- TouchDesigner creators building visualizations, scenes or media installations driven by generated images, video, point clouds or audio.
Documented uses
- Stream ComfyUI images or video into a TouchDesigner visual workflow.
- Send PLY or Gaussian Splatting PLY point clouds into TouchDesigner scenes.
- Route generated audio into TouchDesigner-based media projects.
Before you choose
Requirements & limits
- ComfyUI-TD must be used with the ComfyUI2TD.tox component, and the README calls for version 5.1.x or higher.
- The README documents installation through ComfyUI-Manager, manual placement, Git clone, or injection using ComfyUI2TD.tox.
- The README's video tutorials are in Chinese.
- The repository is licensed under AGPL-3.0.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Source-based practical guide
Install the ComfyUI-TD custom node with Git
Place the ComfyUI-TD repository in ComfyUI's custom_nodes directory.
Before you start
- An existing ComfyUI installation.
- Git.
Steps
Open a terminal in ComfyUI's custom_nodes directory.
Run the command below.
git clone https://github.com/JiSenHua/ComfyUI-TD.git
Expected outcome
The ComfyUI-TD repository is cloned into the custom_nodes directory.
Guide limitations
- The installation steps do not by themselves configure the TouchDesigner connection.
- Use requires the ComfyUI2TD.tox component, updated to version 5.1.x or higher.
Evidence and transparency
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 15 October 2026
- Original website title
- JiSenHua/ComfyUI-TD · Official homepage title · retained in its source language