Alternatives to InvokeAI
A professional web interface for Stable Diffusion models, with a node-based workflow editor and a unified canvas. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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InvokeAI
A professional web interface for Stable Diffusion models, with a node-based workflow editor and a unified canvas.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as InvokeAI.
ComfyUI
Construct AI generation workflows with a visual node graph.
ComfyUI builds generation around a visual node graph of reusable workflows under GPL-3.0, without InvokeAI's unified canvas for inpainting and outpainting.
Stable Diffusion web UI
Generate and edit images using a local Stable Diffusion interface.
Stable Diffusion web UI includes inpainting, outpainting and configurable settings under AGPL-3.0, but requires Python setup rather than InvokeAI's installation launcher.
Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge
Generate images with a Stable Diffusion web interface.
Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge is an AGPL-3.0 web interface that adds resource-management options and experimental generation features, without a node-based workflow editor.
SD.Next
Generate and refine images through a locally hosted AI interface.
SD.Next is an Apache-2.0 locally hosted interface supporting multiple model families and image-processing workflows, with hardware needs varying substantially between models.
SwarmUI
Manage AI image-generation workflows through a modular web interface.
SwarmUI is an MIT-licensed modular web interface with extensible processing backends, but it is listed for Windows only, while InvokeAI also runs on macOS and Linux.
Fooocus
Offline image generator that asks for a prompt and handles the tuning itself.
Fooocus removes sampler and scheduler settings for a prompt-first workflow under GPL-3.0, giving less control than InvokeAI, and its upstream development has largely stopped.
Easy Diffusion
One-click installer and web interface for running Stable Diffusion on your own machine.
Easy Diffusion offers a one-click installer and web interface under MIT, but hides most tuning controls and lacks InvokeAI's node workflow editor.
Draw Things
Image generator that runs Stable Diffusion models locally on Apple hardware.
Draw Things runs Stable Diffusion offline on Apple hardware with LoRAs, ControlNet and inpainting, but it is closed source and limited to macOS.
Also worth comparing
These listings name InvokeAI as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
AI Playground
Intel's desktop app for local AI image creation, image stylizing and chatbot use on Arc GPUs.
InvokeAI brings a unified canvas and node workflow editor under the Apache licence, is not tied to Intel Arc hardware, and focuses on images without chat.
DiffusionBee
One-click Mac app for running Stable Diffusion locally.
InvokeAI is Apache licensed with a unified canvas and node editor, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and has a steeper learning curve.
Krita AI Diffusion
A Krita plugin for generating, inpainting and outpainting images with AI inside the painting program.
InvokeAI offers a standalone unified canvas for inpainting and outpainting under the Apache licence, outside Krita and with a node workflow editor.
Mochi Diffusion
Native macOS app that generates images with Stable Diffusion locally on Apple Silicon using Core ML.
InvokeAI adds a unified inpainting canvas and node workflow editor through a web interface on Windows, macOS and Linux, but needs a capable GPU and has a learning curve.
NMKD Stable Diffusion GUI
A Windows program for generating images with Stable Diffusion locally on your own GPU.
InvokeAI adds a unified canvas and node workflow editor under Apache 2.0 with a launcher installer, running on Windows, Linux and Apple silicon Macs.
RuinedFooocus
Fork of Fooocus that keeps prompt-first image generation but adds back more control.
InvokeAI is an Apache-licensed interface with a unified canvas for inpainting and a node-based workflow editor, offering more control with a real learning curve.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Stability Matrix
Install and manage AI image-generation interfaces from one application.
Pinokio
A desktop launcher that installs and runs open-source AI apps with one click.
Waifu2x-Extension-GUI
Upscales photos, GIFs and video with machine learning, and interpolates video frames.
