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Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111)

A free, open-source program you install on your own computer to make and edit pictures with Stable Diffusion models, through a page in your browser. Very flexible, but setup needs Python and a decent graphics card.

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At a glance

Open or closed: Fully open
Weights and code downloadable under a standard open licence
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Licence: GNU AGPL-3.0 (Copyleft (e.g. GPL): share changes under the same licence)
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Can I sell what I make?: Depends on the model you choose
The AGPL covers the software; rights in pictures depend on the licence of the model you load.
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Cost: Free option: Free software; you supply the computer.
Plans below.
How you use it: On your own computer
Runs as a local web page; also has a REST API. NVIDIA GPUs recommended; AMD, Intel and Apple Silicon via wiki guides. README claims 4 GB cards work.
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Skill needed: Technical
Needs Python 3.10 and git.
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Made by: AUTOMATIC1111 (open-source project)
Community GitHub project; no company or country stated.
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Status: Available
No closure announced, but the latest release (1.10.1, a single bug fix) dates from 9 Feb, year not shown on page; no newer release seen.
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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, the same character or style across many images

text to imageimage to image

Text-to-image, image-to-image, inpainting, outpainting, upscalers, face restoration, LoRA/Textual Inversion training.

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Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

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Rights and safety

Limits: note: README says 4 GB GPU cards are supported (2 GB reported working).
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Models it uses

Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, Real-ESRGAN

Models it uses (not yet listed on Plainly)

Stable Diffusion 1.x, Stable Diffusion 2.0, Stable Diffusion 3, SSD-1B, GFPGAN, CodeFormer

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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.