- Choose a UI — Popular choices: Automatic1111 WebUI, ComfyUI, or DreamStudio (cloud).
- Install AUTOMATIC1111 — Clone the repo, run webui-user.bat (Windows) or webui.sh (Linux/Mac). Requires 4GB+ VRAM GPU.
- Download a model — Download SDXL or SD 1.5 checkpoints from civitai.com or Hugging Face.
- Generate — Enter a positive and negative prompt, set steps (20-30), and click Generate.
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🎨 Image Generation
Stable Diffusion
by Stability AI
The leading open-source image generation model. Runs locally on consumer GPUs. Huge ecosystem of fine-tuned models, LoRAs, and tools (Automatic1111, ComfyUI).
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Quick Start
How-To Guides
2LoRAs are small fine-tuned adapters that add specific styles or concepts. Download from CivitAI. Place in models/Lora folder. Reference in prompts with
<lora:filename:weight>.Tool Info
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- 🎨 Image Generation
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