Nuke AI Hub

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Current release

The first public package is being prepared. The version, download link, and SHA-256 checksum will be published here — always verify a downloaded zip against the checksum on this page before installing.

System requirements

Windows 10/11 (64-bit) workstations only — the gateway machine and every artist workstation. NukeAIHub Link, which signs artists in and holds each workstation's seat, runs on Windows only; Linux and macOS workstations are not supported in this release.

Nuke compatibility

Certified: Nuke 15.1, the version our real-Nuke release tests run on. Nuke 13.x, 14.x and 16.x are not yet certified. Uninstalling is simply deleting the folder.

What is in the package

NukeAIHub-Consumer-<version>-win64.zip contains everything; there is no installer and nothing else to download (Python and ffmpeg are bundled): the NukeAIHub.exe Consumer Gateway desktop app, NukeAIHub Link for the artist workstations (link/), the source of the plugin for Nuke (src/), product configuration (config/), bundled ffmpeg (vendor/ffmpeg/), the license agreement and open-source notices (EULA.txt, THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt), and samples with a quickstart README.

Unsigned executables: what to expect

The executables in this package (NukeAIHub.exe, NukeAIHubLink.exe and the bundled tools) are not code-signed. The SHA-256 checksum on this page is how you confirm the package is the one we published.

  1. Verify the checksum with Get-FileHash as shown above before you unzip. If it does not match, do not install; download again or contact support.
  2. Unblock the zip before extracting it, so Windows does not mark every extracted file as downloaded from the internet: Unblock-File .\NukeAIHub-Consumer-<version>-win64.zip in PowerShell, or right-click the zip → Properties → tick Unblock → OK.
  3. First run: if Microsoft Defender SmartScreen shows Windows protected your PC, click More info → Run anyway. This is expected for unsigned software; unblocking the zip before extracting usually prevents the prompt.

For IT (AppLocker, WDAC, EDR allowlists): allow the executables by file hash, or by path. Path rules need two locations: the product folder you unzipped (for example \\server\share\NukeAIHub\), and on each artist workstation %LOCALAPPDATA%\NukeAIHub\cache\ — when the product folder is on a network share, NukeAIHub Link copies itself into a per-build subfolder there and runs from that local copy. File hashes and the per-build cache subfolder name change with every release, so hash rules must be updated each time you upgrade; publisher (certificate) rules cannot be used because the files are unsigned.

Install in four steps

  1. Unzip the whole folder, keeping its internal layout — onto a network share every artist workstation can read for a studio install (recommended), or anywhere local for a single-workstation install.
  2. Double-click NukeAIHub.exe on the machine that will act as the gateway.
  3. Sign in with your studio's cloud account — the email and password registered on the Nuke AI Hub web portal.
  4. Keep the app running. It publishes its address into config/connection.json; the plugin in Nuke finds the gateway through that file, and all AI traffic from Nuke goes through this gateway — artist machines never talk to the cloud directly.

Then wire each artist machine once: browse to the product folder's link directory on that workstation and double-click NukeAIHubLink.exe - a guided setup window installs the plugin bootstrap and verifies the connection. (IT can script the same run with --setup; studios that manage a central NUKE_PATH can generate init.py from the Nuke Setup page instead.) Restart Nuke, sign in in the Link window — signing in takes one of your team's seats, logging out releases it — and the AI panels appear.

Firewall summary: only the gateway machine needs internet access (outbound TCP 443, plus 9500 for the legacy relay form); artist workstations reach the gateway on TCP 9600-9619 inside the LAN only. Details are in the FAQ and the full install guide shipped in the package README.

Upgrading

  1. Download the new zip, verify its SHA-256 against the value published on this page, and unblock it before extracting. If IT allowlists by hash, update those rules for the new files.
  2. Close the Consumer Gateway app, then unzip the new version the same way as the install — keep the internal folder layout.
  3. If the product folder path changed (new folder name or location), re-run the workstation setup — double-click NukeAIHubLink.exe on each Nuke workstation again; it rewrites the plugin bootstrap for the new path. (For NUKE_PATH installs, regenerate init.py from the Nuke Setup page instead — the generated file embeds the folder's absolute path.) If you replaced the folder in place, the existing pairing keeps working.
  4. Start NukeAIHub.exe again and sign in. Your account, plan, and tokens live in the cloud — nothing to migrate on the workstation.

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