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Node Composer for Mac.
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Node Composer is a node-based canvas for generative media on the Mac: cards for pictures, clips, sounds, prompts and 3D objects, wired together; generation in the cloud with your own WaveSpeed or Runware account, or on your Mac with open models.

Updated 19 October 2026

Getting started

Settings › Providers

Cloud generation

Get an API key from WaveSpeed or Runware and paste it in Settings › Providers. The app asks for your consent before anything of yours goes to a provider; it never sends your key anywhere else.

Settings › Local

Local generation

Settings › Local lists the models that run on this Mac (Apple silicon) and downloads them from Hugging Face. They are large (5–38 GB) and need memory (16 GB for the smallest, 32 GB for most, 64 GB for LTX-2.3 8-bit). Models you already downloaded with another tool can be reused: choose their Hugging Face cache, ~/.cache/huggingface (the whole folder), in Models Folder › Choose.

Settings › Studio

Studio Edition

The app is free (one editable project, 20 cards); the Studio Edition removes those limits. It is a one-time in-app purchase in Settings › Studio, not a subscription: bought once, it is yours on every Mac signed in with the same Apple Account, where Restore Purchases brings it back.

Settings › Assistants

Assistants

Settings › Assistants connects Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and others to the app’s MCP server, so they can read your library and work on the canvas.

Frequently asked

Where are my projects?: In the app’s folder on your Mac: ~/Library/Containers/studio.node-composer.mac/Data/Library/Application Support/Node Composer/Library. Export Project… makes a .nodecomposer bundle you can move or share.
A generation failed.: The card’s row says why. Most often: no key, an exhausted balance at the provider, a picture the model does not take, or the consent not given (Settings › Providers).
The local model is slow or stops.: Check Settings › Local: the memory the model needs, Save memory, and the engine’s log. Close other heavy apps.

Acceptable use

Node Composer does not make sexually explicit or nude pictures, or pictures of a person with their clothes taken away. Such prompts are refused on your Mac before anything is sent, for cloud and local models alike, and WaveSpeed and Runware apply their own moderation.