Alternatives to Stable Diffusion web UI
Generate and edit images using a local Stable Diffusion interface. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Stable Diffusion web UI
Generate and edit images using a local Stable Diffusion interface.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Stable Diffusion web UI.
Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge
Generate images with a Stable Diffusion web interface.
Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge keeps a Stable Diffusion web interface under the same AGPL-3.0 license and adds resource-management options and experimental generation features.
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, exposing more control than a form-based 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, a node workflow editor and a launcher that handles installation instead of manual Python setup.
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 that vary 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.
Fooocus
Offline image generator that asks for a prompt and handles the tuning itself.
Fooocus is a GPL-3.0 prompt-first generator that removes sampler and scheduler settings, making it simpler to use, though 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 or command-line setup, but it hides most of the tuning knobs Automatic1111 exposes.
Draw Things
Image generator that runs Stable Diffusion models locally on Apple hardware.
Draw Things is a free, closed-source app that runs Stable Diffusion offline on Apple hardware with LoRAs, ControlNet and inpainting, and it is Apple-only.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Stable Diffusion web UI 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.
Stable Diffusion web UI offers inpainting, outpainting and configurable settings across Windows, macOS and Linux, but needs Python and model files and has no chat feature.
DiffusionBee
One-click Mac app for running Stable Diffusion locally.
Stable Diffusion web UI is an AGPL-3.0 cross-platform interface with inpainting and configurable settings, but it requires Python and manual model setup.
Krita AI Diffusion
A Krita plugin for generating, inpainting and outpainting images with AI inside the painting program.
Stable Diffusion web UI provides inpainting and outpainting in a standalone AGPL-3.0 web interface, requiring Python setup and no painting program.
Mochi Diffusion
Native macOS app that generates images with Stable Diffusion locally on Apple Silicon using Core ML.
Stable Diffusion web UI runs in a browser with inpainting, outpainting and configurable settings on all desktop platforms, but requires Python and suitable hardware.
NMKD Stable Diffusion GUI
A Windows program for generating images with Stable Diffusion locally on your own GPU.
Stable Diffusion web UI is open source under AGPL-3.0 and cross-platform with inpainting and outpainting, but requires Python setup and model files.
RuinedFooocus
Fork of Fooocus that keeps prompt-first image generation but adds back more control.
Stable Diffusion web UI is an AGPL-3.0 interface with inpainting, outpainting and configurable settings, but it requires Python setup rather than a one-click install.
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.
KoboldCpp
A single executable that runs GGUF language models locally, with a web interface and no installation at all.
Kohya's GUI
A local graphical interface for training LoRA models and fine-tuning Stable Diffusion image models.
