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InvokeAI	stable-diffusion.cpp
Freemium The community edition is free and open source under Apache 2.0 and runs entirely on your…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Command line
Unified canvas for inpainting and outpainting instead of regenerating whole images Node-based workflow editor for building reproducible generation pipelines	No external dependencies and a small footprint Quick support for new image and video models
Needs a reasonably capable GPU; CPU generation is impractically slow Models are large downloads you manage yourself	Command-line options change frequently More technical to set up than graphical image generators
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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