Model · Pictures
HiDream-I1
A large downloadable model (17 billion parameters) that makes pictures from a description. MIT-licensed, so free for commercial use, but it needs a powerful graphics card and a separately licensed Llama text encoder.
At a glance
- Open or closed
- Fully openWeights and code downloadable under a standard open licenceCode and weights MIT. Text encoders: T5 (Apache 2.0) and Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct (Llama 3.1 Community License, must be accepted separately).source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Licence
- MIT License (Permissive (e.g. Apache 2.0, MIT))Required Llama 3.1 text encoder carries the Llama 3.1 Community License; VAE from FLUX.1 [schnell] (Apache 2.0).source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Can I sell what I make?
- YesModel card: generated images can be used for personal, research and commercial purposes; you own what you create.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Cost
- Free option: Weights free to download and run yourself.Plans below.
- How you use it
- On your own computer, Through another serviceDiffusers support; needs CUDA 12.4 and Flash Attention. HF lists WaveSpeed as an inference provider and Draw Things/DiffusionBee as local apps.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Skill needed
- Technicalsource · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
- Made by
- HiDream.aiCountry not stated on pages read.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Status
- Availablesource · 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
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Plans and prices
No paid plans listed.
Maker's paid product is vivago.ai (not checked).
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Related
Where you can run it
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 [dev], FLUX.1 [schnell], FLUX.1 Kontext
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.