Stable Diffusion
Open-source text-to-image AI model by Stability AI
AI Image & Video★ Editor's pick · BEST OPEN IMAGEFree (open-source)★ 40,000
About Stable Diffusion
Stable Diffusion is an open-source text-to-image AI model by Stability AI. It generates high-quality images from text prompts and can be run locally on consumer hardware. The model supports fine-tuning, ControlNet, inpainting, and a vast ecosystem of community models.
Features
Text-to-image
Inpainting
ControlNet
LoRA training
Local running
The tally
FOR
- +Fully open-source (Apache/CreativeML)
- +Runs on consumer GPUs
- +Massive community and model ecosystem
- +Supports fine-tuning and LoRA
- +No per-image costs when local
AGAINST
- −Requires GPU setup
- −Base model quality below Midjourney
- −Can generate inappropriate content
- −Complex tooling ecosystem
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