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There are already a number of local, inference options that are (crucially) open-source, with more robust feature sets. And if the defense here is "but Auto111

There are already a number of local, inference options that are (crucially) open-source, with more robust feature sets. And if the defense here is "but Auto1111 and Comfy don't have as user-friendly a UI", that's also already covered. https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI

GaggiX 3y ago
Also just Krita with the diffusion AI plugin: https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion
blehn 3y ago
No idea whether or not the UI is user-friendly, but the installation steps alone for InvokeAI are already a barrier for 99.9% of the world. Not to say Noiselith couldn't be open-source, but it's clearly offering something different from InvokeAI.
- demosthanos 3y ago
  I can't even figure out how one would install Noiselith. It has some text that says "Download for free on your PC", but it's not a button or a link. Maybe they're doing some weirdly locked-down user-agent sniffing and refuse to allow me to even attempt to download any version on Linux? InvokeAI is installed via a script, sure, but it's also just a few clicks: download, extract, double-click on a specific file, enjoy.
  - blehn 3y ago
    There are two giant download buttons on the Noiselith homepage. The mac button downloads a dmg and the windows button downloads an exe.
internet101010 3y ago
I switched to InvokeAI and won't go back to basic a1111 webui. I like how everything is laid out, there are workflow features, you can easily recall all properties (prompt, model, lora, etc.) used to generate an image, things can be organized into boards, and all off the boards/images/metadata are stored in a very well-designed sqlite database that can be tapped into via DataGrip.
- quitit 3y ago
  automatic1111: great for the fast implementation of the most recent generative features comfyui: excellent for workflows and recalling the workflows, as they're saved into the resulting image metadata (i.e. sharing images, shares the image generation pipeline) InvokeAI: Great UX and community, arguably were a bit behind in features as they were focused on making the UI work well. Now at the stage of bringing in the best features of competitors - Like you, I can easily recommend it above all other options.
  - squeaky-clean 3y ago
    > recalling the workflows, as they're saved into the resulting image metadata (i.e. sharing images, shares the image generation pipeline) Doesn't a1111 already do this? Theres a PNG Info tab where you can drag and drop a PNG and it will pull all the prompt, inverse prompt, model, etc. And then a button to send it to the main generation tab. It doesn't automatically load the model, but that may be intentional because of how long it takes to change loaded models.
    - quitit 3y ago
      Comfy is node based. The saved metadata pulls up the full nodal workflow.
    - dragonwriter 3y ago
      > Doesn't a1111 already do this? Not that provides the same thing, no, largely because of fundamental design differences. > Theres a PNG Info tab where you can drag and drop a PNG and it will pull all the prompt, inverse prompt, model, etc. And then a button to send it to the main generation tab. A1111 by nature, has a bunch of disconnected operations in separate tabs and scripts. Even if the PNG captures all of a generation operation that would be executed by a single launch-button click, its not really equivalent to capturing a whole ComfyUI workflow, which can be the equivalent of a process which would be numerous different tasks in A1111 with manually shuttling data between tabs and scripts. A1111 has a bunch of manual "send to X" buttons to do with the output of runs, so that they can be the input of another task, wherein in Comfy those operations are part of one workflow with a pipeline connecting the output of one to the input of another. And when saving generation data, those manual shuttle points in A1111 are barriers as to what is part of a single generation that can be saved.
smcleod 3y ago
Yeah invokeAI is fantastic!
TaylorAlexander 3y ago
Yeah "Run Stable Diffusion locally" is a weird pitch since that's already easy to do tbh.

GaggiX 3y ago

Also just Krita with the diffusion AI plugin: https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion

blehn 3y ago

No idea whether or not the UI is user-friendly, but the installation steps alone for InvokeAI are already a barrier for 99.9% of the world. Not to say Noiselith couldn't be open-source, but it's clearly offering something different from InvokeAI.

demosthanos 3y ago
I can't even figure out how one would install Noiselith. It has some text that says "Download for free on your PC", but it's not a button or a link. Maybe they're doing some weirdly locked-down user-agent sniffing and refuse to allow me to even attempt to download any version on Linux? InvokeAI is installed via a script, sure, but it's also just a few clicks: download, extract, double-click on a specific file, enjoy.
- blehn 3y ago
  There are two giant download buttons on the Noiselith homepage. The mac button downloads a dmg and the windows button downloads an exe.

internet101010 3y ago

I switched to InvokeAI and won't go back to basic a1111 webui. I like how everything is laid out, there are workflow features, you can easily recall all properties (prompt, model, lora, etc.) used to generate an image, things can be organized into boards, and all off the boards/images/metadata are stored in a very well-designed sqlite database that can be tapped into via DataGrip.

quitit 3y ago
automatic1111: great for the fast implementation of the most recent generative features comfyui: excellent for workflows and recalling the workflows, as they're saved into the resulting image metadata (i.e. sharing images, shares the image generation pipeline) InvokeAI: Great UX and community, arguably were a bit behind in features as they were focused on making the UI work well. Now at the stage of bringing in the best features of competitors - Like you, I can easily recommend it above all other options.
- squeaky-clean 3y ago
  > recalling the workflows, as they're saved into the resulting image metadata (i.e. sharing images, shares the image generation pipeline) Doesn't a1111 already do this? Theres a PNG Info tab where you can drag and drop a PNG and it will pull all the prompt, inverse prompt, model, etc. And then a button to send it to the main generation tab. It doesn't automatically load the model, but that may be intentional because of how long it takes to change loaded models.
  - quitit 3y ago
    Comfy is node based. The saved metadata pulls up the full nodal workflow.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > Doesn't a1111 already do this? Not that provides the same thing, no, largely because of fundamental design differences. > Theres a PNG Info tab where you can drag and drop a PNG and it will pull all the prompt, inverse prompt, model, etc. And then a button to send it to the main generation tab. A1111 by nature, has a bunch of disconnected operations in separate tabs and scripts. Even if the PNG captures all of a generation operation that would be executed by a single launch-button click, its not really equivalent to capturing a whole ComfyUI workflow, which can be the equivalent of a process which would be numerous different tasks in A1111 with manually shuttling data between tabs and scripts. A1111 has a bunch of manual "send to X" buttons to do with the output of runs, so that they can be the input of another task, wherein in Comfy those operations are part of one workflow with a pipeline connecting the output of one to the input of another. And when saving generation data, those manual shuttle points in A1111 are barriers as to what is part of a single generation that can be saved.

smcleod 3y ago

Yeah invokeAI is fantastic!

TaylorAlexander 3y ago

Yeah "Run Stable Diffusion locally" is a weird pitch since that's already easy to do tbh.