Open Source Midjourney AlternativesTop AI Image Generators and other similar apps like Midjourney

The best open source alternative to Midjourney is Qwen Image. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Midjourney and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Midjourney are FLUX.2, Craiyon, Stable Diffusion and A1111 Stable Diffusion WEB UI.

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  1. Qwen Image icon
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    Qwen Image is a powerful image generation foundation model capable of complex text rendering and precise image editing.

    64 Qwen Image alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  2. FLUX.2 icon
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    Flux.2 is a state-of-the-art text-to-image synthesis model developed by Black Forest Labs. It uses advanced AI technology to generate high-quality images from textual descriptions, pushing the boundaries of creativity, efficiency, and diversity in image generation.

    100 FLUX.2 alternatives

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    • Online
     
  3. Craiyon icon
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    A rebranded AI model formerly known as DALL·E mini, Craiyon transforms text into images using advanced AI, while actively addressing biases from unfiltered internet data. Supported by Google TRC and spearheaded by Boris Dayma, it offers wide usage in creative image generation.

    135 Craiyon alternatives

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    Comments about Craiyon as an Alternative to Midjourney
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    Been using both Craiyon and later MJ5 extrensively. To state the obvious, Craiyon is lagging behind even earlier versions of MJ. Unlike MJ, Craiyon was never meant to be used in a professional capacity.

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    • Most users think Craiyon is a great Midjourney alternative.

    • Craiyon is Freemium and Open SourceMidjourney is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Stable Diffusion utilizes open-source deep learning and latent diffusion to generate images from text. It supports inpainting, outpainting, image-to-image translation, and operates effectively with a minimum 4GB VRAM, making AI image generation accessible to consumer hardware since its 2022 launch.

    150 Stable Diffusion alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. AUTOMATIC1111's Stable Diffusion web UI provides a powerful, web interface for Stable Diffusion featuring a one-click installer, advanced inpainting, outpainting and upscaling capabilities, built-in color sketching and much more.

    98 A1111 Stable Diffusion WEB UI alternatives

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  6. Janus icon
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    Advanced autoregressive models for unified multimodal understanding and generation, featuring visual path decoupling, optimized training strategy, and rectified flow integration for superior and flexible task performance.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  7. InvokeAI icon
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    InvokeAI is an implementation of Stable Diffusion, the open source text-to-image and image-to-image generator. It provides a streamlined process with various new features and options to aid the image generation process.

    90 InvokeAI alternatives

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  8. Loras.dev icon
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    An open source AI image generator that can create beautiful images from specific styles (https://alternativeto.net/software/flux-lora-ai-image-generator/about/).

    30 Loras.dev alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  9. SDAI icon
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    Stable Diffusion AI (SDAI) is an easy-to-use app that lets you quickly generate images from text or other images with just a few clicks. With Stable Diffusion AI, you can communicate with your own server and generate high-quality images in seconds.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  10. OneDiffusion icon
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    OneDiffusion is an open-source one-stop shop for facilitating the deployment of any diffusion models in production. It caters specifically to the needs of diffusion models, supporting both pretrained and fine-tuned diffusion models with LoRA adapters.

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