Fooocus vs SD.Next vs ComfyUI

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.

Fooocuslllyasviel/Fooocus

SD.Nextvladmandic/sdnext

ComfyUIComfy-Org/ComfyUI

Adobe Fireflypaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Free daily generations; paid plans from US$9.99/month (2,000 generative credits) source ↗

Text-to-image

Partly

Yes

Image editing (generative fill and expand)

Partly

Yes

Style and image reference

Partly

Yes

Jobs covered

3 of 3 jobs

All 3

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

53,615

7,357

140,804Top

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

273Top

165

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Latest release

v2.5.5 · 2024-08-12

Unknown

v0.42.1 · 2026-10-19Top

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Commits / 12 wk

895

504

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People committing / 12 mo

21+

53+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

1 / 0

21 / 17

221 / 94

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Yes, offline

Yes, local server and web UI; Docker recipes

Yes, fully offline; optional paid Comfy Cloud

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

GPL-3.0 (copyleft)

Apache-2.0

GPL-3.0 (copyleft)

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Model weights licenceDiffers

Default Juggernaut XL v8 is tagged CreativeML OpenRAIL-M (use restrictions)

No single default; picks from a reference model list, licence varies

No default model; licence depends on the model you load

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Commercial useDiffers

GPL-3.0 code + OpenRAIL-M weights; README calls it non-commercial software

Apache-2.0 code; weights vary (e.g. FLUX.1-dev is non-commercial)

GPL-3.0 code; weights vary (e.g. FLUX.1-dev is non-commercial)

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Paid services needed?Differs

None required

None required; paid Comfy API nodes and Comfy Cloud are optional

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

4GB NVIDIA VRAM + 8GB RAM; CPU-only needs 32GB RAM (~17x slower)

CPU-only supported; SDNQ cuts VRAM up to 4x; no minimums stated

Big models from 4GB VRAM + 8GB RAM; CPU-only portable build exists

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Operating systemsDiffers

Windows, Linux; macOS unofficial and not intensively tested

Windows, Linux, macOS (Apple M1/M2 via MPS)

Windows, macOS (Apple silicon), Linux

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Setup effortDiffers

Easy on Windows, download 7z and run run.bat; models auto-download

Medium; needs git and Python, then run webui script

Easy, desktop app installer (Windows, macOS)

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Fooocus
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Fooocus vs SD.Next vs ComfyUI (as alternatives to Adobe Firefly)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=fooocus,sdnext,comfyui&product=adobe-firefly

Adobe Firefly: Free daily generations; paid plans from US$9.99/month (2,000 generative credits)
Fooocus: free software; does 3 of 3 Adobe Firefly jobs
SD.Next: free software; does 3 of 3 Adobe Firefly jobs
ComfyUI: free software; does 3 of 3 Adobe Firefly jobs

- Fooocus: 53,615 GitHub stars, 0 commits in 12 weeks, licence GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
- SD.Next: 7,357 GitHub stars, 895 commits in 12 weeks, licence Apache-2.0
- ComfyUI: 140,804 GitHub stars, 504 commits in 12 weeks, licence GPL-3.0 (copyleft)

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: Fooocus Yes, offline; SD.Next Yes, local server and web UI; Docker recipes; ComfyUI Yes, fully offline; optional paid Comfy Cloud
- Code licence: Fooocus GPL-3.0 (copyleft); SD.Next Apache-2.0; ComfyUI GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
- Model weights licence: Fooocus Default Juggernaut XL v8 is tagged CreativeML OpenRAIL-M (use restrictions); SD.Next No single default; picks from a reference model list, licence varies; ComfyUI No default model; licence depends on the model you load
- Commercial use: Fooocus GPL-3.0 code + OpenRAIL-M weights; README calls it non-commercial software; SD.Next Apache-2.0 code; weights vary (e.g. FLUX.1-dev is non-commercial); ComfyUI GPL-3.0 code; weights vary (e.g. FLUX.1-dev is non-commercial)
- Paid services needed?: Fooocus None required; SD.Next None required; ComfyUI None required; paid Comfy API nodes and Comfy Cloud are optional
- Hardware: Fooocus 4GB NVIDIA VRAM + 8GB RAM; CPU-only needs 32GB RAM (~17x slower); SD.Next CPU-only supported; SDNQ cuts VRAM up to 4x; no minimums stated; ComfyUI Big models from 4GB VRAM + 8GB RAM; CPU-only portable build exists
- Operating systems: Fooocus Windows, Linux; macOS unofficial and not intensively tested; SD.Next Windows, Linux, macOS (Apple M1/M2 via MPS); ComfyUI Windows, macOS (Apple silicon), Linux
- Setup effort: Fooocus Easy on Windows, download 7z and run run.bat; models auto-download; SD.Next Medium; needs git and Python, then run webui script; ComfyUI Easy, desktop app installer (Windows, macOS)

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