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ComfyUI vs Krita AI Diffusion

Side by side, as alternatives to Adobe Firefly. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces Adobe Firefly: + Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111)+ Fooocus+ Artcraft+ InvokeAI+ SD.Next

ComfyUIComfy-Org/ComfyUI
Krita AI DiffusionAcly/krita-ai-diffusion
Adobe Fireflypaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
Free daily generations; paid plans from US$9.99/month (2,000 generative credits) source ↗
Text-to-image
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Image editing (generative fill and expand)
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Style and image reference
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
3 of 3 jobs
3 of 3 jobs
All 3
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
140,804Top
10,750
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
165Top
4
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Latest release
v0.42.1 · 2026-10-19Top
v1.53.0 · 2026-08-22
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Commits / 12 wk
504
24
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People committing / 12 mo
53+
18
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
221 / 94
15 / 4
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Yes, fully offline; optional paid Comfy Cloud
Confirmed: Yes, local ComfyUI server; optional paid cloud
Hosted by the vendor
Code licence
Partial: GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
Partial: GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
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Model weights licenceDiffers
Partial: No default model; licence depends on the model you load
Partial: No single default; recommended checkpoints per style; licence varies by model
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: GPL-3.0 code; weights vary (e.g. FLUX.1-dev is non-commercial)
Partial: GPL-3.0 code; weights vary (Flux 2 Klein 4B and Z-Image Turbo are Apache-2.0)
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Paid services needed?Differs
Partial: None required; paid Comfy API nodes and Comfy Cloud are optional
Partial: None required; optional cloud tokens (10 EUR for 5,000)
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Confirmed: Big models from 4GB VRAM + 8GB RAM; CPU-only portable build exists
Confirmed: 6GB NVIDIA VRAM recommended; CPU supported but very slow
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Operating systemsDiffers
Confirmed: Windows, macOS (Apple silicon), Linux
Confirmed: Windows, Linux, macOS 14+ (Apple Silicon MPS)
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Easy, desktop app installer (Windows, macOS)
Confirmed: Easy; import plugin ZIP into Krita 5.2+, server installs from the plugin
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Stars over time

Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.

  • ComfyUI
  • Krita AI Diffusion
140,8040 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-15ComfyUI, 2026-10-15: 137,690 stars, trackedComfyUI, 2026-10-16: 137,790 stars, trackedComfyUI, 2026-10-17: 137,960 stars, trackedComfyUI, 2026-10-18: 138,258 stars, trackedComfyUI, 2026-10-19: 138,883 stars, trackedComfyUI, 2026-10-20: 140,002 stars, trackedComfyUI, 2026-10-21: 140,804 stars, trackedKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-10-27: 10,153 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-11-03: 10,162 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-11-10: 10,171 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-11-17: 10,179 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-11-24: 10,188 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-12-01: 10,209 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-12-08: 10,223 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-12-15: 10,225 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-12-22: 10,252 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2025-12-29: 10,268 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-01-05: 10,283 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-01-12: 10,300 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-01-19: 10,313 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-01-26: 10,334 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-02-02: 10,341 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-02-09: 10,347 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-02-16: 10,358 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-02-23: 10,369 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-03-02: 10,374 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-03-09: 10,379 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-03-16: 10,388 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-03-23: 10,392 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-03-30: 10,395 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-04-06: 10,403 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-04-13: 10,415 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-04-20: 10,424 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-04-27: 10,428 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-05-04: 10,432 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-05-11: 10,437 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-05-18: 10,440 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-06-01: 10,442 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-06-15: 10,444 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-06-22: 10,445 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-07-20: 10,447 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-08-31: 10,473 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-09-07: 10,515 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-09-14: 10,574 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-09-21: 10,603 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-09-28: 10,641 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-05: 10,685 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-12: 10,738 stars, estimated from public star recordsKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-15: 10,724 stars, trackedKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-16: 10,727 stars, trackedKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-17: 10,728 stars, trackedKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-18: 10,738 stars, trackedKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-19: 10,738 stars, trackedKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-20: 10,744 stars, trackedKrita AI Diffusion, 2026-10-21: 10,750 stars, tracked
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Tracked daily since 15 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

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