SD.Next vs Fooocus

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)+ ComfyUI + Artcraft + InvokeAI + Krita AI Diffusion

SD.Nextvladmandic/sdnext

Fooocuslllyasviel/Fooocus

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

7,357

53,615Top

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

273Top

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Latest release

Unknown

v2.5.5 · 2024-08-12

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Commits / 12 wk

895

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People committing / 12 mo

21+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

21 / 17

1 / 0

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Yes, local server and web UI; Docker recipes

Yes, offline

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

Apache-2.0

GPL-3.0 (copyleft)

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Model weights licenceDiffers

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

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

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Commercial useDiffers

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

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

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Paid services needed?

None required

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

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

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

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Operating systemsDiffers

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

Windows, Linux; macOS unofficial and not intensively tested

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Setup effortDiffers

Medium; needs git and Python, then run webui script

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

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Stars over time

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

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

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

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: SD.Next Yes, local server and web UI; Docker recipes; Fooocus Yes, offline
- Code licence: SD.Next Apache-2.0; Fooocus GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
- Model weights licence: SD.Next No single default; picks from a reference model list, licence varies; Fooocus Default Juggernaut XL v8 is tagged CreativeML OpenRAIL-M (use restrictions)
- Commercial use: SD.Next Apache-2.0 code; weights vary (e.g. FLUX.1-dev is non-commercial); Fooocus GPL-3.0 code + OpenRAIL-M weights; README calls it non-commercial software
- Hardware: SD.Next CPU-only supported; SDNQ cuts VRAM up to 4x; no minimums stated; Fooocus 4GB NVIDIA VRAM + 8GB RAM; CPU-only needs 32GB RAM (~17x slower)
- Operating systems: SD.Next Windows, Linux, macOS (Apple M1/M2 via MPS); Fooocus Windows, Linux; macOS unofficial and not intensively tested
- Setup effort: SD.Next Medium; needs git and Python, then run webui script; Fooocus Easy on Windows, download 7z and run run.bat; models auto-download

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