AI image generation
Midjourney: Midjourney is a subscription AI image generator that turns text prompts into images. These tools do a similar job: indie picks from our Friday drops and open source projects, each one chosen by a person.
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5 alternatives to Midjourney
Built by small, independent teams
Local AI image generation app for Mac, iPhone and iPad
Best for Generating images on-device without a subscription
drawthings.ai ↗Free; paid Draw Things+
Free to use, and you can host them yourself
Open source creative engine for Stable Diffusion-family models
Best for Artists generating and editing images locally
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Submit your toolinvoke.ai ↗GitHub ↗Free self-hosted; paid hosted plans
Open source AI image generation plugin for Krita with inpainting and sketch-to-image
Best for Artists who want to paint and generate AI images in one app
interstice.cloud ↗GitHub ↗Free plugin; optional online generation service
Open source AI image generator web app that runs Stable Diffusion and Flux models on your own PC
Best for People who want Midjourney-style image generation running locally
github.com ↗GitHub ↗Free and open source
Node-based open source interface for diffusion image and video models
Best for Power users building custom image-generation workflows
