Open source & local AI / Best open-source and local AI image generators
Best open-source and local AI image generators
2 tools for generating images on your own GPU. Your data stays on your machine, and most work offline once the model is downloaded.
| Tool | Open source / local | Price | Notes | Checked | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ComfyUI Node-based local image and video generation with open models | Open source: GPL-3.0 | Free (open source) ✓ checked | Runs FLUX, Stable Diffusion and other open image/video models | source 2026-10-23 | Get ComfyUI → |
| FLUX.1 [schnell] Fast open-weight image model you can run locally and use commercially | Open weights: Apache 2.0 (FLUX.1 [dev] is non-commercial) | Free open weights (Apache 2.0) ✓ checked | Run it in ComfyUI | source 2026-10-23 | Get FLUX.1 [schnell] → |
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Find local tools for my project“Open source” means the code is published under the license shown; “open weights” means the model files can be downloaded and run on your own hardware (the maker's chat app may still be a cloud service). LM Studio is free and runs models locally but is not open source. Running models locally needs a reasonably modern computer; larger models need a GPU or lots of memory. Licenses were read on the source linked on the check date; check the model's own license before commercial use. Some links are affiliate links (disclosure); they never change what we list.