InvokeAI
Open source · Image and video · invoke-ai/InvokeAI
What it does
InvokeAI is a polished app for creating and editing images with Stable Diffusion-family models. It has a canvas for painting in and out of an image, plus a node editor for repeatable workflows.
Good for: Designers who want a friendlier local image tool with canvas editing.
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- Licence
- Apache-2.0 (OSI-approved open-source licence)
- Popularity
- Stars: 28,668 (checked 16 Oct 2026)
- Last commit
- 16 Oct 2026
- Open issues and PRs
- 446
- Status
- Active (not archived)
- Self-host
- ModerateLauncher installer; a GPU is needed.
- GitHub topics
- ai-art
- artificial-intelligence
- generative-art
- image-generation
- img2img
- inpainting
- latent-diffusion
- linux
- macos
- outpainting
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