Model · Pictures

Stable Diffusion XL 1.0

Stability AI's 2023 open image model that turns a description into a picture. Free to download and run on your own computer through apps such as DiffusionBee or Draw Things, or through hosting services. Its licence allows commercial use with a list of banned uses.

Go to Stable Diffusion XL 1.0’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Downloadable, with conditions
You can download and run it, but the licence limits use
Weights downloadable; licence adds use-based restrictions.
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Licence: CreativeML Open RAIL++-M (Responsible-AI licence with use restrictions (e.g. OpenRAIL))
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Can I sell what I make?: Yes
Licence allows use 'for whichever purpose', incl. offering as a service; claims no rights in outputs. Attachment A bans certain uses, which must be passed on. Card says 'intended for research purposes only' without barring commercial use.
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Cost: Free option: Free to download and run yourself.
Plans below.
How you use it: On your own computer, Through another service
Card: Diffusers, Optimum (OpenVINO/ONNX), Draw Things, DiffusionBee; fal via Hugging Face Inference Providers; Clipdrop demo.
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Skill needed: Some setup
Our judgement: easy via apps like DiffusionBee; technical via Python.
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Made by: Stability AI (GB)
Privacy policy lists Stability AI Ltd (London, UK) for Europe and Stability AI US Services Corporation (Los Angeles) elsewhere.
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Status: Available
No deprecation notice on the model card; Stability has newer models (e.g. SD 3.5).
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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

text to imageimage to image

Text-to-image; img2img (SDEdit) and a separate refiner model.

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

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

Royalty-free licence.

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

Where you can run it

Hugging Face, fal, DiffusionBee, Draw Things, Clipdrop

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.