Open-source studio for Stable Diffusion with a canvas-based workflow
InvokeAI is an open-source creative studio for running Stable Diffusion and other open image models, aimed at people who want more structure than a prompt box but less tinkering than a node graph. It centres on an infinite canvas where you generate, mask, inpaint, outpaint and composite, with layers and control layers for depth, edges and poses. It runs locally on your own machine or a server you control, keeps a searchable gallery of every generation, and supports multiple model families. Individual use is free; a hosted version exists for teams that need shared infrastructure and review.
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local image generation, inpainting and compositing, iterative art workflows and privacy-focused use
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The application is open source and free to run on your own hardware. There is also a managed cloud offering aimed at teams, which is paid and adds sharing, review and hosted compute.
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