A Forge NEO launcher — beautiful, lightweight, and handy.
A Windows launcher for Forge NEO, providing a graphical interface to manage and launch Forge NEO. Features include a live console, image parameter parsing, gallery browsing, version management, and more. Supports the official Forge NEO, and theoretically any third-party packs based on it.
This software currently supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, and Japanese.
ForgeSide only supports launching and managing Forge NEO. It does not support ComfyUI, Forge, SD WebUI A1111, or Fooocus.
- One-click launch — no need to type commands, just click to start
- Three launch modes — SDP (compatibility, no acceleration), Sage (with SageAttention acceleration), Standard (launches webui.bat only)
- Built-in launch logic — no external scripts required
- Process protection — confirmation dialog prevents accidental closure while NEO is running
- Captures Forge NEO output in real-time, displayed in the console panel
- Errors (Error / Traceback / CUDA OOM) highlighted in red, warnings in yellow, info in blue
- One-click "Stop NEO" or "Open WebUI" while running
- Load a PNG generated by WebUI / Forge / ComfyUI
- Automatically parses and displays: Prompt, Negative Prompt, Seed, Steps, CFG Scale, Sampler, Model, resolution, and more
- Supports click-to-load, drag-and-drop files, and drag-and-drop base64
- Copy button on each parameter for quick copying
- Automatically scans Forge NEO output directory for PNG images
- Three thumbnail sizes (small/medium/large), generated asynchronously in the background
- Multi-tag search (comma-separated, order-independent)
- Double-click to open in default image viewer
- Drag images out of the gallery to external locations (folders, editors)
- Gallery path locked to Forge NEO output directory
- Pink-toned gentle interface with one-click light/dark theme switching
- Borderless custom window with drag, resize, and maximize/restore support
- Sakura petal Canvas effect on the home banner
- Rounded corners, smooth animations, elegant transitions
- Auto-detects local Forge NEO version and fetches latest release info from GitHub
- View release history and changelogs
- One-click upgrade, switch, or rollback to a specific version (via Git tags)
- Supports both third-party packs (with
webui/directory) and the official GitHub version
- Built-in HTTP proxy settings with toggle and custom address
- One-click connectivity test for Google and Hugging Face
- Auto-plays a sound when image generation completes
- Supports custom sound files (.mp3 / .wav / .ogg / .flac, etc.)
- Option to reset to the system default sound
- One-click view of full hardware configuration
- Auto-detects Python version and Forge NEO version
- Home banner supports a custom background image
- Visual position editor: drag to move, scroll to zoom, crosshair marks center
Home — launch entry, quick folders, background image
Image Params — drag in a PNG for automatic parsing
Gallery — thumbnail browsing, multi-tag search
Console — real-time output, start/stop NEO
Version Management — release history, one-click upgrade
Settings — theme, launch mode, proxy, sound, and more
About — version info, copyright
Download the latest release from the Releases page.
- OS: Windows 10 and Windows 11 (64-bit) only
- Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1, Linux, and macOS are not supported
- .NET 10 Desktop Runtime (required)
- WebView2 Runtime (for rendering the UI)
- Built into Windows 11
- Windows 10 may require manual installation
- Download: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/
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Install .NET 10 Desktop Runtime (if not already installed)
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Extract the
ForgeSidefolder into your Forge NEO root directory:sd-webui-forge-neo/ ├── models/ ├── outputs/ ├── webui.bat ├── webui-user.bat ├── ... (other files) └── ForgeSide/ ← extract here ├── ForgeSide.exe ├── forge_side_ui.html └── ... (other files)Third-party pack reference structure:
sd-webui-forge-neo/ ├── webui/ ├── ... (other files) └── ForgeSide/ ← extract here ├── ForgeSide.exe ├── forge_side_ui.html └── ... (other files) -
Double-click
ForgeSide.exeto launch
- 🐛 Fixed garbled text in the console
- ⚡ Optimized WebUI launch logic
- 🌍 Added UI language support: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, and Japanese
- 🏗️ Added support for official Forge NEO
- 📦 Added version management — view, upgrade, and switch Forge NEO versions from GitHub
- 🔒 Gallery path locked to Forge NEO output folder
- 🖼️ Double-click to open images in default viewer
- 🖱️ Drag images out of the gallery
- 🔍 Improved multi-tag search (comma-separated, order-independent)
- ⚡ Launch logic built into ForgeSide
- 🌐 Added proxy connection test (Google / Hugging Face)
- 🖤 Added GitHub icon link in the about section
- 🪟 Resizable window with maximize support
- 📋 Added hardware info display (CPU / GPU / RAM / Disk / Display)
- 🗂️ Added gallery (thumbnail cache, search, browse)
- 🔒 Added close confirmation while NEO is running
- 🐛 Fixed third-party file manager (XYplorer) not working
- 🐛 Fixed minimize issue when clicking taskbar icon
- 🌸 Added sakura petal Canvas effect on home banner
- 🐛 Fixed background position mismatch between editor and actual display
- 🎵 Added custom notification sound with file path display
- 🎉 Initial release
Parts of this project's code and UI design were created with AI assistance.
This project is free software, all rights reserved.
See LICENSE for details.
This software is free and will never charge any fees.
Developed by Tohno Seika · Bilibili · GitHub