# CLIPLoader

The CLIPLoader node loads a text encoder model (CLIP, T5, or similar) from a file, making it available for use in other nodes that need to convert text prompts into numerical representations. It supports a wide variety of model architectures, each requiring a specific encoder type.

## Inputs

| Parameter | Description | Data Type | Required | Range |
|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------|-------|
| `clip_name` | The filename of the text encoder model to load. This must be a file located in the `ComfyUI/models/text_encoders/` directory. | STRING | Yes | List of files found in the `text_encoders` folder |
| `type` | The architecture type of the model being loaded. This determines which specific encoder variant to use (default: `"stable_diffusion"`). | STRING | Yes | `"stable_diffusion"`<br>`"stable_cascade"`<br>`"sd3"`<br>`"stable_audio"`<br>`"mochi"`<br>`"ltxv"`<br>`"pixart"`<br>`"cosmos"`<br>`"lumina2"`<br>`"wan"`<br>`"hidream"`<br>`"chroma"`<br>`"ace"`<br>`"omnigen2"`<br>`"qwen_image"`<br>`"hunyuan_image"`<br>`"flux2"`<br>`"ovis"`<br>`"longcat_image"`<br>`"cogvideox"`<br>`"lens"`<br>`"pixeldit"`<br>`"ideogram4"` |
| `device` | The device to load the model onto. `"default"` uses the GPU if available, while `"cpu"` forces CPU loading. This is an advanced option (default: `"default"`). | STRING | No | `"default"`<br>`"cpu"` |

### Supported Type-to-Encoder Mappings

The `type` parameter selects the correct encoder for a given model architecture. The following are common mappings:

| Type | Encoder |
|------|---------|
| stable_diffusion | clip-l |
| stable_cascade | clip-g |
| sd3 | t5 xxl / clip-g / clip-l |
| stable_audio | t5 base |
| mochi | t5 xxl |
| cogvideox | t5 xxl (226-token padding) |
| cosmos | old t5 xxl |
| lumina2 | gemma 2 2B |
| wan | umt5 xxl |
| hidream | llama-3.1 (recommended) or t5 |
| omnigen2 | qwen vl 2.5 3B |
| lens | gpt-oss-20b |
| pixeldit | gemma 2 2B elm |

## Outputs

| Output Name | Description | Data Type |
|-------------|-------------|-----------|
| `clip` | The loaded text encoder model, ready to be connected to other nodes for text encoding and conditioning. | CLIP |

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