Model · Pictures

FLUX.1 [dev]

A downloadable model that turns a written description into a picture. You can run it on a strong computer of your own or through hosting services. Pictures it makes can be used commercially, but running the model itself for business needs a paid licence.

Go to FLUX.1 [dev]’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Downloadable, with conditions
You can download and run it, but the licence limits use
Weights downloadable after accepting the licence and sharing contact details on Hugging Face; licence limits the model to non-commercial purposes.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Licence: FLUX.1 [dev] Non-Commercial License v1.1.1 (Non-commercial only)
Commercial use of the model needs a separate licence from BFL (bfl.ai).
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Can I sell what I make?: Yes, with conditions
Licence v1.1.1 s.2(d): no claim on outputs; outputs may be used commercially, but not to train a competing model. S.4(a) bars commercial/production use of the model itself. S.2(e): content filtering and AI disclosure where law requires.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Cost: Free option: Weights are free to download and run yourself for non-commercial purposes.
Plans below.
How you use it: On your own computer, Through another service
Card lists diffusers, ComfyUI, Draw Things and DiffusionBee for local use, and Replicate, fal and mystic.ai as API hosts.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Skill needed: Technical
Inferred: local use needs Python/ComfyUI and a large GPU; hosted use needs an API account.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review
Made by: Black Forest Labs (BFL GmbH) (DE)
Imprint: BFL GmbH, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. The licence names Black Forest Labs Inc. as licensor.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Status: Available
No deprecation note on the card. BFL has since released FLUX.2 and FLUX 3; BFL's API does not offer FLUX.1 [dev].
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

What you can make with it

A picture, from a description (main use)

text to image

12-billion-parameter text-to-image model.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

BFL's own API does not offer FLUX.1 [dev]. Hosts charge their own rates.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

Where you can run it

Replicate, fal, Hugging Face, DiffusionBee, Draw Things

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, DiffusionBee, DomoAI, Draw Things, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, 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.