# Community library

> Browse a curated library of shared characters, locations, objects and creatures, and clone a listing into your own library as an independent copy.

Source: https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/community-library

The **community library** is a curated catalog of shared characters, locations, objects and creatures. You browse it, preview a listing, and **clone** it into your own library as an independent copy. The clone then works like any asset you made yourself. You connect it to image and video nodes, mention it in prompts, and edit it as you like.

The community library is part of Nodaro Cloud and the Business edition. The Community Edition does not include it.

## Browse the library

Open **Explore** in the sidebar. The page lists the library's characters, locations, objects and creatures.

- **Search** by name.
- **Filter** by category and style.
- **Sort** by newest, or by the listings people cloned most.

Open a listing to see its preview images before you clone it.

## Clone a listing

### Open the listing

Click a listing on **Explore** to open its preview.

### Clone it

Click **Clone to my library**. Nodaro confirms with "Cloned to your library".

### Use it in a workflow

Add the matching asset node to your canvas, such as [Character Asset](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/assets/character), and choose the clone. Connect it to the **Assets** input of an image or video node, or mention it with `@` in the prompt.

Workflow: A cloned character and a cloned location feed Generate Image like assets you made yourself.

- Character Asset → Generate Image (assets)
- Location Asset → Generate Image (assets)
- Text → Generate Image (prompt)
- Generate Image → Generate Video (start frame)

### Clone from an asset node

You can also clone without leaving the canvas. On a [Character Asset](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/assets/character), [Location Asset](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/assets/location), [Object/Props Asset](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/assets/object) or [Animal/Creature Asset](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/assets/creature) node, click **Choose existing** and open the **Public Gallery** tab. Choosing a listing clones it into your library first, then connects the node to your new copy. If you cloned that listing before, the picker asks whether to use your existing copy or make a new one.

## What a clone is

- **An independent copy.** The listing's images, and its motion clips when it has them, are copied into your own storage. Nothing is linked back to the listing.
- **Safe from later changes.** If the listing changes, or is taken down, your clone stays as it was.
- **Yours to change.** The clone is a normal character, location, object or creature in your library. Rename it, edit it, generate new pictures for it, or delete it.
- **A unique name.** If you already have an asset with the same name, the clone gets a new name instead of failing, such as one ending in "(copy)".

## Favorites

Mark a listing as a favorite to find it again later. Favorites are for listings you may want to clone; a clone itself lives in your library.

## Report a listing

Every signed-in user can report a listing. Open it, choose **Report listing** and pick a reason:

- **Depicts a real person without consent**
- **Inappropriate content**
- **IP violation**
- Another reason, with details

Every report is reviewed, and a listing can be taken down. A takedown removes the listing and its preview images from the library. Copies that people cloned before the takedown are not affected.

## Where listings come from

The community library is curated, so it holds a selection of listings rather than every asset people make.

To share your own characters, locations and objects with someone, export a workflow **With Assets** and send them the file. See [Import and export](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/import-export).

## From code

The REST API and the TypeScript SDK can browse the library and open a listing. They can also favorite, report and clone listings, and list your favorites. See the [Community API](https://nodaro.ai/docs/developers/api/community).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the Nodaro community library?

It is a curated catalog of shared characters, locations, objects and creatures. Any signed-in user can browse it and clone a listing into their own library, then use it in workflows like their own assets.

### What happens to my clone if the original listing changes or is removed?

Nothing. A clone is an independent copy with its own images in your storage, so later changes to the listing, or its removal, do not affect it.

### Does a clone use my storage?

Yes. Cloning copies the listing's images, and its motion clips when it has them, into your own storage. The clone then counts like any other asset in your library.

### How do I report a listing?

Open the listing and choose Report listing. Pick a reason, such as a real person shown without consent, inappropriate content or an IP violation. Every report is reviewed.