Alternatives to SD.Next
Generate and refine images through a locally hosted AI interface. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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SD.Next
Generate and refine images through a locally hosted AI interface.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as SD.Next.
Stable Diffusion web UI
Generate and edit images using a local Stable Diffusion interface.
Stable Diffusion web UI is an AGPL-3.0 interface with inpainting, outpainting and configurable settings, and it requires Python, model files and suitable hardware to run.
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, moving from the Apache-2.0 license of SD.Next.
ComfyUI
Construct AI generation workflows with a visual node graph.
ComfyUI is a GPL-3.0 tool that builds generation as a visual node graph of reusable workflows, instead of a conventional settings-based web interface.
InvokeAI
A professional web interface for Stable Diffusion models, with a node-based workflow editor and a unified canvas.
InvokeAI is an Apache-licensed interface with a unified canvas for inpainting and outpainting and a node editor, and official macOS builds are Apple silicon only.
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 SD.Next also covers macOS and Linux.
Fooocus
Offline image generator that asks for a prompt and handles the tuning itself.
Fooocus is a GPL-3.0 offline generator that asks only for a prompt and handles tuning itself, removing fine control, 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 is an MIT one-click installer with no Python setup, easier to start with but hiding most of the tuning options SD.Next exposes.
Draw Things
Image generator that runs Stable Diffusion models locally on Apple hardware.
Draw Things is a free but closed-source Mac app that runs Stable Diffusion offline on Apple hardware with LoRAs, ControlNet and inpainting, with no Windows or Linux version.
Also worth comparing
These listings name SD.Next 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.
SD.Next handles several model families through a locally hosted interface on Windows, macOS and Linux, without the Intel Arc and OpenVINO focus or a built-in chatbot.
Mochi Diffusion
Native macOS app that generates images with Stable Diffusion locally on Apple Silicon using Core ML.
SD.Next is an Apache-2.0 locally hosted web interface supporting multiple model families and image-processing workflows, with hardware needs varying by model.
NMKD Stable Diffusion GUI
A Windows program for generating images with Stable Diffusion locally on your own GPU.
SD.Next is an Apache-2.0 locally hosted interface supporting multiple model families on Windows, macOS and Linux, with hardware needs varying by model.
RuinedFooocus
Fork of Fooocus that keeps prompt-first image generation but adds back more control.
SD.Next is an Apache-2.0 locally hosted interface for Windows, macOS and Linux that supports multiple model families and image-processing workflows, with more settings than a prompt-first tool.
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.
DiffusionBee
One-click Mac app for running Stable Diffusion locally.
Kohya's GUI
A local graphical interface for training LoRA models and fine-tuning Stable Diffusion image models.
Krita AI Diffusion
A Krita plugin for generating, inpainting and outpainting images with AI inside the painting program.
