Local AI Image Generators

SD.Next is a self-hosted web interface for artists, researchers and people who want to generate and edit images or videos on their own hardware. It builds on Automatic1111 WebUI's original codebase and supports Stable Diffusion alongside other diffusion models. It's open source under Apache 2.0.

InvokeAI is a free, open-source image generator for artists and production teams who want to create and edit images on their own hardware. Its locally hosted web interface brings image generation, canvas editing and workflow tools into one application. With local models, prompts and artwork stay on the machine you control.

Off Grid AI runs language models on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Linux. You can chat, analyze documents and generate images on your own hardware. The mobile app uses the MIT license, while the desktop app uses AGPL.

Fooocus is a free, open-source AI image generator for people who want to create images on their own computer without spending much time tuning settings. It uses Stable Diffusion XL and automatically expands prompts with a local GPT-2 engine. Generation works offline once the required models are downloaded, so prompts and images can stay on your machine.

Comfy Desktop installs and launches ComfyUI on your computer, taking care of the Python environment and dependencies. You can manage several independent ComfyUI instances, each with its own version, custom nodes and settings. It suits people who want to run local image and media workflows without setting up every environment by hand.

SwarmUI is a self-hosted AI image generation interface that combines a straightforward generation screen with direct access to ComfyUI's node-based workflows. It's for people who want to run creative models on their own hardware, with room to build more detailed workflows as their needs grow.

Mochi Diffusion is a native macOS image generator for people who want to create images on an Apple Silicon Mac without sending prompts or results to a cloud service. It runs Stable Diffusion and FLUX.2 Klein locally, with completely offline generation. The app collects no telemetry or other data and is open source under GPL-3.0.

Easy Diffusion runs Stable Diffusion on your own computer through a browser interface. It's for people who want to generate and edit images locally without assembling the software components themselves. The free distribution bundles the required software and works on Windows, Linux and macOS.

Draw Things is an AI image generation app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that keeps generation on your device and works offline. It's for people who want to create and edit images without sending that work to a cloud service, including artists developing character concepts or trying out apparel designs.

DiffusionBee is an open-source AI art app for Mac users who want to generate and edit images on their own computer. It runs Stable Diffusion offline, with image generation processed on the device. Model downloads require network access, and optional image uploads can send images externally. Its visual interface suits artists and designers who want local image tools without working through code.

Krita AI Diffusion brings image generation into Krita for artists who want to paint and edit in the same workspace. The open source plugin is licensed under GNU GPL v3.0 and can run generation for free on your own hardware through ComfyUI. Interstice.cloud offers a separate online generation service for people without a suitable GPU.

IntraPaint is a desktop image editor for artists who want to paint by hand and use AI to refine the same image. It brings prompt-based edits into a layered painting workspace, so you can adjust a sketch or a selected area without moving files between applications. It's open source under GPL-3.0.