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stable-diffusion.cpp

Stable Diffusion inference in plain C/C++

AI Image Generation ★ 7.7k stars Hard setup MIT

stable-diffusion.cpp is a lightweight C/C++ implementation of Stable Diffusion inference. It runs image generation efficiently on CPUs and GPUs without heavy Python dependencies.

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Key features

  • Pure C/C++ inference
  • Low memory usage
  • Quantization support
  • No Python required

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Mature project with 7.7k GitHub stars
  • Written in C++

Is stable-diffusion.cpp secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect stable-diffusion.cpp's latest release (master-964-1d0a58a). OSV.dev lists 4 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-47747, published 2026-06-16 (120 days ago), fixed in master-584-0a7ae07

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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