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InvokeAI vs SwarmUI: catalog facts
InvokeAISwarmUI
Freemium

The community edition is free and open source under Apache 2.0 and runs entirely on your…

Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted Windows
  • Unified canvas for inpainting and outpainting instead of regenerating whole images
  • Node-based workflow editor for building reproducible generation pipelines
  • Supports several model families and extensible processing backends.
  • Needs a reasonably capable GPU; CPU generation is impractically slow
  • Models are large downloads you manage yourself
  • Backend setup and model requirements vary by workflow.
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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