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DiffusionBee

A free Mac app that runs Stable Diffusion image models on your own computer, offline. It makes pictures from a description, edits and fills parts of images, and upscales. Works best on Apple silicon Macs.

Go to DiffusionBee’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Fully open
Weights and code downloadable under a standard open licence
App source on GitHub under AGPL-3.0.
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Licence: AGPL-3.0 (Copyleft (e.g. GPL): share changes under the same licence)
Outputs fall under the Stable Diffusion model licence (CreativeML Open RAIL-M), per the README and site FAQ.
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Can I sell what I make?: Yes, with conditions
Site FAQ: generated images may be used under the CreativeML Open RAIL-M licence, which allows commercial use subject to its use restrictions. Depends on the model you load.
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Cost: Free option: The whole app is free.
Plans below.
How you use it: Desktop app, On your own computer
Site: macOS 13.1 or later, Apple silicon recommended; Intel Macs much slower. About 30 s per image on an 8GB M1 MacBook Air. GitHub README lists older minimums.
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Skill needed: No setup
Our judgement: a normal Mac app download, no coding.
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Made by: DiffusionBee (independent developer)
Site names no company or country; it links to a personal GitHub account. Footer: '© 2024 DiffusionBee'.
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Status: Available
No closure notice, but footer is dated 2024 and the GitHub repo shows no recent release; may be unmaintained.
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What you can make with it

A picture, from a description (main use)
A picture, by changing a photo I have
A picture, make a photo sharper or bigger
A picture, from a sketch

text to imageimage to image

Text-to-image, image-to-image, generative fill, upscaling, control images, training on your own images. Site also mentions video/animation tools, not described.

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Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

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Models it uses

Stable Diffusion XL 1.0

Models it uses (not yet listed on Plainly)

Stable Diffusion 1.x, Stable Diffusion 2.x

Other options for “A picture, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, Akool, Artbreeder, Bria, Canva AI (Magic Studio), ChatGPT Images, Civitai, Clipdrop, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DomoAI, Draw Things, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, FLUX.1 [dev], FLUX.1 [schnell], FLUX.1 Kontext, FLUX.2

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.