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Open-source alternatives to Midjourney

Midjourney does 4 jobs: text-to-image, image editing (inpainting and outpainting), upscaling, style and image reference. Most projects replace one or two of them, so pick the job you actually need.

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Facts checked 15 Oct 2026

We track 6 open-source alternatives to Midjourney, but none currently has confirmed commercial use, local running and no paid services together. ComfyUI, Fooocus, Krita AI Diffusion and SD.Next cover all 4 Midjourney jobs.

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6 projects

ComfyUI

Comfy-Org/ComfyUI #1 TRENDING
★ 138k active today

Node-graph app for running open image, video, 3D and audio models locally, with inpainting, outpainting, upscaling and a local API.

Replaces Text-to-image + Image editing (inpainting and outpainting) + Upscaling + Style and image reference (partly)
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · GPL-3.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: GPU, ~4GB+
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Fooocus

lllyasviel/Fooocus #2 TRENDING
★ 54k active 10mo ago

Offline, Midjourney-style SDXL image generator with minimal settings. Now in limited LTS with bug fixes only.

Replaces Text-to-image + Image editing (inpainting and outpainting) + Upscaling + Style and image reference (partly)
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · GPL-3.0 code, CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M weights
Paid services
Confirmed: None required
Hardware
Confirmed: GPU, ~4GB+
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

InvokeAI

invoke-ai/InvokeAI #3 TRENDING
★ 29k active today

Local web UI for image generation with a unified canvas for inpainting and outpainting, node workflows and a model manager.

Replaces Text-to-image + Image editing (inpainting and outpainting) + Upscaling (partly) Not: style and image reference
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · Apache-2.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: GPU, ~4GB+
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Krita AI Diffusion

Acly/krita-ai-diffusion #5 TRENDING
★ 11k active 13d ago

Krita plugin for generative fill, live painting, upscaling and reference-guided generation, using a local or remote ComfyUI backend.

Replaces Text-to-image + Image editing (inpainting and outpainting) + Upscaling + Style and image reference (partly)
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · GPL-3.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: GPU, ~6GB+
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

SD.Next

vladmandic/sdnext
★ 7.4k active today

All-in-one web UI for image and video generation across many models and hardware backends, with inpainting, upscaling and quantization.

Replaces Text-to-image + Image editing (inpainting and outpainting) + Upscaling + Style and image reference (partly)
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · Apache-2.0
Paid services
Confirmed: None required
Hardware
Partial: CPU works
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111)

AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui #4 TRENDING
★ 165k active 7mo ago

Gradio web UI for Stable Diffusion with txt2img, img2img, inpainting, outpainting and upscalers. Development has largely stalled.

Replaces Text-to-image + Image editing (inpainting and outpainting) + Upscaling (partly) Not: style and image reference
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · AGPL-3.0 code, CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M weights
Paid services
Confirmed: None required
Hardware
Confirmed: GPU, ~4GB+
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked 1d ago GitHub ↗ View details

Common questions about Midjourney alternatives

Is there a free, open-source alternative to Midjourney?

Yes. ComfyUI, SD.Next, Krita AI Diffusion, InvokeAI and Fooocus are free to download and run on your own computer without paid API keys. ComfyUI, SD.Next, Krita AI Diffusion and Fooocus cover every job we list for Midjourney; the other covers only part of it, so check which job you need.

Can I do text-to-image locally without a Midjourney subscription?

Yes, with ComfyUI (GPL-3.0), InvokeAI (Apache-2.0) and SD.Next (Apache-2.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Can I do image editing (inpainting and outpainting) locally without a Midjourney subscription?

Yes, with ComfyUI (GPL-3.0), InvokeAI (Apache-2.0) and SD.Next (Apache-2.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Which Midjourney alternatives can I use commercially?

With conditions: ComfyUI, Fooocus, InvokeAI, Krita AI Diffusion, SD.Next and Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111). This is not legal advice; read each licence.

Does any open-source project replace all of Midjourney?

ComfyUI, Fooocus, Krita AI Diffusion and SD.Next cover every job we list for Midjourney.

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