Fooocus (lllyasviel)
Leading#3 in Open sourcehigh confidence
The simplest local generator (~51k GitHub★) — a Midjourney-like, prompt-only experience on SDXL. Best on-ramp for non-technical users.Our read
Why it ranks #3
Roughly 51k GitHub stars and inclusion in the cited open-source UI roundup make Fooocus the best-adopted simplicity-first local generator after the two major power-user interfaces.Here is the catch
project is in limited maintenance mode
far less workflow control than ComfyUI
new model support lags more active interfaces
Does this well
easiest local interface for beginners
good defaults reduce prompt and sampler tuning
produces polished SDXL results quickly
Pricing
Checked by hand on 2026-07-23. Prices in this category change often — if this looks wrong, it probably is.
Key features
Prompt-first SDXL generationAutomatic quality and style settingsInpainting and image promptingMinimal local setup
Quick facts
More in this area
The rest of the Open source column.- 1Stable Diffusion WebUI (AUTOMATIC1111)The most-adopted local image-generation tool ever (~164k GitHub★) — the de-facto Stable Diffusion interface with a vast extension ecosystem.
- 2ComfyUIThe node-based industry standard (~122k GitHub★) for pro Stable Diffusion / FLUX pipelines; 12k+ custom nodes and full pipeline control.
- 4Diffusers (Hugging Face)The standard library (~34k GitHub★) for running/embedding diffusion models (SD, SDXL, FLUX) into your own app — the developer default.
- 5InvokeAIClean, professional local studio (~27.7k GitHub★) with a powerful unified canvas — combines SD WebUI and ComfyUI strengths for creative workflows.
- 6Stability-AI generative-models (SDXL / SD3)Stability AI's official model repo (~27.2k GitHub★) — reference SDXL / SD3 weights and code from the maker of Stable Diffusion.
- 7FLUX (Black Forest Labs)Official inference repo for FLUX (~25.8k GitHub★) — the strongest open-weight image model family, go-to for product photography quality.