Civitai Scraper — AI Models, LoRAs, Images, Prompts & Creator Leads

Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Civitai or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. "Civitai" is referenced only to describe the publicly available website this Actor collects data from.

Scrape Civitai, the largest community platform for generative-AI models — no API key, no browser, no login. Pull the full model catalog (Checkpoints, LoRAs, embeddings, ControlNets, VAEs…) with versions, download URLs, trained/trigger words, license terms and stats; community images (with generation prompts/parameters when the uploader publishes them); and creator leads with socials, Patreon/Ko-fi links and a lead score.

Turn on monitoring mode and a scheduled run only surfaces new models, images or creators since last time.

Why this Civitai scraper?

Other Civitai actors charge a start fee and return a thin model list. This one ships the richest record in the category, adds a creator-lead layer no other Civitai actor has, and runs on a clean, fast, keyless path with no start fee.

Data	Other Civitai scrapers	This actor
Model name, type, base model, tags	✅	✅
Stats (downloads, favorites, rating, 👍)	partial	✅
All versions with files + download URLs	partial	✅
Trained / trigger words	partial	✅
License / commercial-use terms	❌	✅
Sample images attached to each model	partial	✅
Community images mode (prompt/CFG/steps/seed when public)	partial	✅
Creator leads (website, Patreon/Ko-fi, socials, lead score)	❌	✅
Monitoring — only new releases	❌	✅
No start fee · no API key · no browser	❌	✅

Use cases

• Model discovery & trend tracking — find the top/newest Checkpoints and LoRAs for any base model (SD 1.5, SDXL, Pony, Flux…), tag or creator, and watch what's trending.
• Prompt engineering & datasets — collect community images with their generation prompts, negative prompts, samplers, CFG, steps and seeds (Civitai now publishes this metadata selectively; add an apiToken for more coverage).
• Creator outreach & lead gen — turn prolific model authors into leads with their website, Patreon/Ko-fi/Boosty and social links plus a lead score.
• AI research & curation — build datasets of models, versions, base models and license terms for analysis or training.
• Release monitoring — get only new models/versions/images on a schedule and pipe them to Slack, a sheet or your app.

How to use

1. Sign up for Apify — the free plan is enough to try this actor.
2. Open the Civitai Scraper, pick a mode (Models / Images / Creators), and set a search query or filters (type, base model, tag, sort).
3. Click Start and watch results stream into the dataset table.
4. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS — or pull results via the Apify API.

Input

{
    "mode": "models",
    "searchQuery": "realistic",
    "types": ["Checkpoint", "LORA"],
    "baseModels": ["SDXL 1.0"],
    "sort": "Most Downloaded",
    "period": "Month",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "maxImagesPerModel": 4,
    "emitCreatorLeads": true,
    "enrichCreatorProfiles": true,
    "monitorMode": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

• mode — models (default), images, or creators.
• searchQuery — keyword (model name in Models mode, username in Creators mode).
• modelIds / startUrls — fetch specific models by id/URL, or paste model/user URLs.
• username — only this creator's models/images.
• types / baseModels / tag — model filters (Checkpoint, LORA…; SDXL 1.0, Pony, Flux.1 D…; a tag).
• sort / period / nsfw — ordering, time window, and whether to include NSFW.
• maxItems — total records (auto-paginates the API, 100/page).
• maxImagesPerModel — sample images (with prompts) per model (0 for none).
• includeAllVersions — full version history per model.
• emitCreatorLeads / enrichCreatorProfiles — also output creator leads, enriched with socials & monetization links.
• monitorMode / monitorKey — only new releases on repeat runs.
• apiToken — optional Civitai API key (higher limits); not required.
• proxyConfiguration — Apify datacenter proxy by default.

Output

By default you get a clean table of models. Switch mode for images or creators, or toggle the dataset views.

A model record (type: "model"):

{
    "type": "model",
    "id": 4201,
    "name": "Realistic Vision V6.0 B1",
    "modelType": "Checkpoint",
    "url": "https://civitai.com/models/4201",
    "nsfw": false,
    "tags": ["photorealistic", "realistic", "base model"],
    "creator": { "username": "SG_161222", "profileUrl": "https://civitai.com/user/SG_161222" },
    "allowCommercialUse": ["Image", "RentCivit"],
    "downloadCount": 2245272,
    "favoriteCount": 38210,
    "thumbsUpCount": 41200,
    "rating": 4.9,
    "popularityScore": 96,
    "versionCount": 12,
    "latestBaseModel": "SD 1.5",
    "latestDownloadUrl": "https://civitai.com/api/download/models/245598",
    "trainedWords": [],
    "latestVersion": {
        "id": 245598,
        "name": "V6.0 B1",
        "baseModel": "SD 1.5",
        "publishedAt": "2024-...",
        "files": [{ "name": "realisticVisionV60B1.safetensors", "sizeKB": 2082642, "format": "SafeTensor", "hashSHA256": "..." }],
        "sampleImages": [{ "url": "https://image.civitai.com/...", "prompt": "RAW photo, a portrait...", "sampler": "DPM++ SDE Karras", "cfgScale": 7, "steps": 25, "seed": 12345 }]
    },
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-17T12:00:00.000Z"
}

An image record (type: "image") carries the image url, dimensions, author, NSFW level, page URL and — when the uploader publishes generation metadata — prompt, negativePrompt, sampler, cfgScale, steps, seed and modelUsed. A creator record (type: "creator") carries username, modelCount, website, monetizationLinks (Patreon/Ko-fi/Boosty), socials, bio and a 0–100 leadScore.

Monitoring — only new releases

Turn on monitorMode and the actor remembers every model/image/creator id it has emitted (in a named key-value store keyed by monitorKey). On the next run with the same inputs it returns only records it hasn't seen before — ideal for tracking a creator, a base model, or a tag as new models drop.

It pairs with Apify Schedules: the schedule starts the run on a cron, monitoring mode dedupes against prior runs — so a daily watch only ever surfaces fresh releases.

How much does it cost to scrape Civitai?

This Actor uses Apify's pay-per-event pricing: you are charged only for the results it delivers, with no monthly rental and no start fee. The events it can charge are:

• Model scraped - One AI model: name, type, base model, versions with download URLs & files, trained words, sample images, stats, license and creator.
• Image scraped - One community image: URL, dimensions, author, NSFW level, and generation prompt/params (when published).
• Creator lead scraped - One creator lead: username, model count, website, Patreon/Ko-fi/Boosty & social links, bio and a 0-100 lead score.

The current price of each event is shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Set a maximum total charge on the run if you want a hard cap on spend, and use the input limits to control how much the Actor fetches.

Automate & schedule

• Apify API — start runs, fetch datasets and manage schedules over REST.
• apify-client for JavaScript and apify-client for Python — official SDKs.
• Schedules — run daily/weekly to capture new models as they're published.
• Webhooks — trigger downstream actions when a run finishes.

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('scrapesage/civitai-scraper').call({
    mode: 'models',
    types: ['LORA'],
    baseModels: ['Flux.1 D'],
    sort: 'Newest',
    monitorMode: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} models`);

Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to 5,000+ apps — no code required:

• Make — multi-step automation scenarios.
• Zapier — push new models or creator leads into your CRM/sheet.
• Slack — get notified when a watched creator/base model ships a new model.
• Google Drive / Sheets — auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
• Airbyte — pipe results into your data warehouse.
• GitHub — trigger runs from commits or releases.

Use with AI assistants (MCP)

The output is clean, LLM-ready JSON. Call this actor from Claude, ChatGPT or any agent framework through the Apify MCP server — ask your assistant to "find the top new Flux LoRAs on Civitai and their trigger words" and let it run the scraper for you.

Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is agent-ready — AI agents can discover it, run it, and pay for it autonomously, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses pay-per-event pricing and limited permissions, so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

• x402 — an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the Apify MCP server — no account, no API key.
• Skyfire — agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

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Tips

• Pick a single mode for a clean, dense table (Models / Images / Creators). Use emitCreatorLeads to add creator leads alongside models/images.
• Cost control: set maxImagesPerModel: 0 for lean model records, and use maxItems to cap a run.
• Creator leads: keep enrichCreatorProfiles on to capture Patreon/Ko-fi/Boosty and socials — it's the difference between a username and a contactable, monetizing creator.
• Trends: combine sort: "Most Downloaded" with period: "Week" to see what's hot right now; pair with monitorMode + a Schedule to track it.
• Rate limits: the actor uses a fresh proxy session per request to glide past Civitai's per-IP throttling; add an apiToken for extra headroom on big runs.

FAQ

Does it need a Civitai API key? No. It uses Civitai's public REST API keyless. You can add an optional token for higher limits.

Can I get download links? Yes — each model version includes its downloadUrl and file details (size, format, hashes). Downloading large model files is up to you.

Where do creator socials come from? From each creator's own Civitai profile, where they list their website, Patreon/Ko-fi/Boosty, Twitter/X, Discord, etc. When a creator hasn't added any, the fields are simply absent.

Can I export to Google Sheets, CSV or Excel? Yes — one click in the dataset view, or automatically on every run via the Google Drive integration.

How do I monitor new models? Turn on monitorMode and create a Schedule; each run emits only new models/images/creators, and a webhook can push them onward.

Is scraping Civitai legal? This actor collects publicly available data only. You're responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws and Civitai's terms.

Data & lawful use

This Actor reads only what Civitai publishes to logged-out visitors: it does not log in, use cookies or session tokens, create accounts, or reach anything behind a sign-in. Names, handles, bios and engagement figures are public, but they relate to identifiable people, so treat the output as personal data. If you are in the EU or UK you are the data controller for what you do with it: have a lawful basis (usually legitimate interest for research, marketing analytics or B2B prospecting), honour access and deletion requests, and do not use the output for spam or unsolicited messaging.

Under Apify's Standard Actor Contract, which governs your use of this Actor, you are the controller of any personal data in your input and output and scrapesage acts only as your processor: that data is processed solely to run your job, written only to your own Apify storage, never used for any other purpose and never shared onward. If you need help with a data-subject request that involves this Actor's output, open an issue on the Issues tab.

Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Civitai or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

"Civitai" and any related marks are the property of their respective owners and are used here only in a descriptive, nominative sense - to identify the publicly accessible website from which this Actor collects data. This Actor is not an official Civitai product, is not authorised or certified by Civitai, and does not distribute Civitai software. It collects only publicly available information; you are responsible for ensuring your use of that data complies with applicable laws, regulations and the terms of the source website.

Need help?

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