Free local image and video generation
Open models such as Flux, Wan, and HunyuanVideo run locally with no per-image cost. You need a GPU; WanGP targets low-VRAM cards.
7 tools6 open source
| # | Tool ↕ | What is free | License | Platforms | GitHub ↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ComfyUI Comfy Org |
Free and open source to run locally via Comfy Desktop or a manual install; only the optional Comfy Cloud GPUs are paid. | Open source GPL-3.0 |
WindowsmacOSLinux | ★ 134,700 | |
| 2 | InvokeAI Invoke community |
Free open-source local app installed with the Invoke Launcher; the paid Invoke cloud service shut down in late 2025. | Open source Apache-2.0 |
WindowsmacOSLinuxDocker | ★ 28,300 | |
| 3 | WanGP deepbeepmeep |
Free for personal and internal business use and outputs may be sold; selling WanGP itself or offering it as paid SaaS needs a commercial license. | Free WanGP License (source-available) |
WindowsLinuxmacOSDocker | ★ 9,600 | |
| 4 | Pinokio Pinokio |
The launcher is free (MIT); each app it installs has its own license. | Open source MIT |
WindowsmacOSLinux | ★ 8,100 | |
| 5 | SwarmUI mcmonkeyprojects |
Free and open source; it auto-installs a ComfyUI backend and runs locally. | Open source MIT |
WindowsLinuxmacOSDocker | ★ 4,600 | |
| 6 | SD WebUI Forge Neo Haoming02 (Forge fork) |
Free and open source; runs entirely on your own GPU. | Open source AGPL-3.0 |
WindowsLinux | ★ 1,800 | |
| 7 | Fooocus lllyasviel Not maintained |
Free and open source, but in limited LTS (bug fixes only) with no plans to support architectures newer than SDXL. | Open source GPL-3.0 |
WindowsLinuxmacOS | ★ 53,200 |
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