Kohya's GUI
AI Image GenerationWeb interface for training Stable Diffusion models
Replaces Leonardo.ai training
Best Free AI Image Generation for self-hosting
The 4 best Free ai image generation you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Easy Diffusion
AI Image GenerationEasiest one-click installer for Stable Diffusion
Replaces Midjourney, DALL-E
Chat Nio
AI Image GenerationMulti-model AI chat aggregation platform with billing
Replaces OpenAI ChatGPT, Poe
Fooocus-API
AI Image GenerationSelf-hosted REST API for the Fooocus image generator
Replaces DALL-E API, Midjourney
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kohya's GUI | Read-the-docs project | Hard | 16,384 MB | Apache-2.0 | 12,626 |
| Easy Diffusion | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 8,192 MB | Apache-2.0 | 10,475 |
| Chat Nio | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 9,327 |
| Fooocus-API | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 8,192 MB | GPL-3.0 | 677 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Kohya's GUI (12,626 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Chat Nio (from 512 MB RAM, against 16,384 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: Easy Diffusion (one-click platform packages).
- Licensing: 3 of 4 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Free within the ai image generation category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.