Open Source AI Image Generation: Free Midjourney Alternatives

Open Source AI Image Generation: Free Midjourney Alternatives

💡 What You Will Learn

Open Source AI Image Generation: Free Midjourney Alternatives

from diffusers import StableDiffusion3Pipeline
import torch

pipe = StableDiffusion3Pipeline.from_pretrained(
    "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3.5-large",
    torch_dtype=torch.float16
)
pipe.to("cuda")

image = pipe(
    "a photorealistic cat on a beach, sunset, 4k, cinematic lighting",
    negative_prompt="blurry, low quality, cartoon",
    num_inference_steps=28,
    guidance_scale=7.0
).images[0]
image.save("cat_beach.png")

git clone https://github.com/black-forest-labs/flux
cd flux && pip install -e .
python flux/sample.py \
  --model flux-dev \
  --prompt "" \
  --width 1024 --height 1024 \
  --steps 50 --guidance 3.5

ResultsComparison

|:----|:---:|:---:|:-------:|:-------:| | SD 3.5 |||| 12GB | | FLUX.1 |||| 24GB | | SDXL |||| 8GB |