What it does WAS Node Suite is a sprawling collection of custom nodes for ComfyUI, the node-based Stable Diffusion interface. It covers image filters (bloom, canny, chromatic aberration, film grain, CRT monitor effects), masking and segmentation (SAM, CLIPSeg), text utilities (BLIP captioning, wildcard parsing), and workflow conveniences like a “Bus Node” that bundles five common connectors into one cable.

The interesting bit The breadth is almost comical: perlin noise generators, power-law noise, dragan photography filters, SSAO/SSDO depth tricks, even face detection with a note that “face_recognition mode sometimes finds random things as faces.” It’s less a focused tool than a kitchen-sink expansion pack for when ComfyUI’s built-in nodes feel too spare.

Key highlights

• 210+ nodes covering image processing, text processing, masking, and animation (GIF/APNG morphing, video from image sequences)
• BLIP captioning and SAM segmentation with automatic model downloads
• “Bus Node” to declutter wiring; cache nodes to disk for later reuse
• Colab notebook provided for quick testing
• Wildcard parsing compatible with A1111-style __filename__ syntax

Caveats

• Retired as of December 2023: author explicitly states no active development, though PRs may be approved
• Several nodes marked experimental (SSAO, SSDO, video nodes)
• Some features require CUDA GPU or auto-install dependencies on first run
• Face crop node only detects one face by design, and can return black crops if padding exceeds image bounds

Verdict Grab it if you’re already deep in ComfyUI and need a specific filter or utility node that doesn’t exist elsewhere. Skip if you want actively maintained, cohesive tooling — this is a retired grab-bag, not a product.