Deforum

Deforum is a free Stable Diffusion tool for artists and developers who want to generate images and animations on their own hardware. The project is no longer maintained. Its code uses MIT, while downloaded Stable Diffusion models retain their own weight licenses. Its Python script and Jupyter notebook support local generation, while Google Colab and Replicate offer cloud execution.

Animation is its main focus. It supports interpolation, 2D and 3D animation, and RANSAC animation. CLIP, aesthetic, and color palette conditioning give users ways to influence the appearance of generated images beyond the prompt. The inference notebook exposes detailed controls for prompts and generation settings, so it suits people who want to experiment with their output.

The notebook format is a defining part of the experience. Deforum was designed around Google Colab, but it also works in Jupyter Lab or Jupyter Notebook on a local machine. Developers can modify its Python implementation for custom workflows and pipelines. Local execution uses NVIDIA GPUs through CUDA, and some automatic model downloads require a Hugging Face account token.

Where generation runs depends on the runtime you choose: local Python and Jupyter use your machine, while Colab's hosted runtime and Replicate use cloud servers. Colab can also connect to a local runtime. Replicate provides a web demo and an API.