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# ⭐ <FONT SIZE="+3">Forge portable version</FONT>
- Updated 6th December 2025 with Forge version `f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-669`
- Updated with PyTorch 2.9.1 - CUDA 12.8 (supports up to Nvidia RTX 5xxx/Blackwell GPUs)
The official portable Zip still comes with an old version of Forge and Pytorch so here is an updated one which also includes updated SDXL default settings.
**There have not been any updates for Forge in a long time and it seems to be no longer under active development so you might want to consider switching to
another webUI fork like [reForge](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Xeno443/reForge-portable) or [Forge Classic Neo](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Xeno443/ForgeClassic-portable)
or [ComfyUI](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Xeno443/ComfyUI_portable_python312)**
**This version is not supported or endorsed by lllyasviel!**
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### 🟨<FONT SIZE="+2"><B>Quickstart</B></FONT>
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Download the full pack which contains everything besides a model (will automatically download noobaiXL on first run). See below for usage options.
Make sure your GPU driver is up to date!
➡️➡️ [NVidia CUDA Full Pack](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Xeno443/forge_portable/resolve/main/download/forge-f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-669-pytorch-addons.7z)
⚠️If you receive an error like this during extraction, your WinRAR version is too old. Update it or install <A HREF="https://7-zip.org/">7-Zip</A>.
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### 🟨<FONT SIZE="+2"><B>Usage</B></FONT>
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This portable version contains all components required to use reForge without needing to install any additional components. The only thing your system needs are the Microsoft
Visual C++ runtimes, but if you are not using a naked Windows install it is very likely that you already have those. If you don't have them you can download them here:
* Latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Installer
https://aka.ms/vc14/vc_redist.x64.exe
After you unzip the archive you will find a few batch files in the main directory which must be used to run and modify the portable environment.
* <FONT COLOR="white"><B>run.bat</B></FONT>
This file sets up the necessary environment variables and launches the webui
* <FONT COLOR="white"><B>update-webui.bat</B></FONT>
Run this to check for webui updates online. It will automatically update to the latest version of the branch you are on.
* <FONT COLOR="white"><B>get-models.bat</B></FONT>
On a fresh install of the webui you will be missing a few essential/popular models and this file will download them for you.
* <FONT COLOR="white"><B>switch-branch.bat</B></FONT>
If you want to switch the current webui branch use this file to do so.
**Only use this if you know what you are doing!**
* <FONT COLOR="white"><B>environment.bat</B></FONT>
Starts a cmd.exe within the portable environment. You can use this to manually modify the embedded Python.
**Only use this if you know what you are doing!**
* <FONT COLOR="white"><B>change-pytorch.bat</B></FONT>
This allows you to switch to a different Pytorch version, or just reinstall the current one if you encounter issues.
**Only use this if you know what you are doing!**
The webui also accepts startup parameters for various effects, and you cann still edit the "webui\webui-user.bat" as usual, but start the webui with the "run.bat" in the main directory to make sure the portable environment is set up.
### 🟨<FONT SIZE="+2"><B>All Downloads</B></FONT>
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I have uploaded two different versions:
- <FONT COLOR="white">pytorch</FONT>: has all required pytorch modules installed and is preconfigured for SDXL models
- <FONT COLOR="white">pytorch + addons</FONT>: same as above but comes with a lot of popular and useful addons, e.g.:
(tag autocomplete, forge couple, dynamic prompts, LoraCTL, regional prompter, adetailer, negpip, inpaint tools)