SD.Next at a glance
Checked 15 Oct 2026SD.Next started from the AUTOMATIC1111 code base and supports text-to-image, image-to-image, video, inpainting, outpainting, image editing, LoRA, ControlNet, IP-Adapters and upscaling. It runs on NVIDIA, AMD (ROCm, ZLUDA), Intel Arc, DirectML, OpenVINO, Apple MPS and CPU, with SDNQ quantization for up to 4x VRAM reduction. Models auto-download from a reference list; licence depends on the model. Code is Apache-2.0. No VRAM minimum is published.
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RepoQuarry. “SD.Next.” Checked 15 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/sdnextHow much of Midjourney does it replace?
4 of 4 jobs. Covers all four jobs with open models (IP-Adapters for reference); results depend on the model chosen.
Partial: Text-to-image Partial replacement
Partial: Image editing (inpainting and outpainting) Partial replacement
Partial: Upscaling Partial replacement
Partial: Style and image reference Partial replacement
How much of Adobe Firefly does it replace?
3 of 3 jobs. Generation, inpainting/outpainting and IP-Adapter reference with open models.
Partial: Text-to-image Partial replacement
Partial: Image editing (generative fill and expand) Partial replacement
Partial: Style and image reference Partial replacement
Facts, with sources
Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.
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Runs on my machine? Confirmed: Yes, local server and web UI; Docker recipes
SD.Next is a state-of-the-art, open-source server application and web interface (WebUI) for AI image and video generationgithub.com · sdnext#readme ↗ 1d ago
Model weights licence Partial: No single default; picks from a reference model list, licence varies
Automatic model download: simply select a model from the list of reference models and it will be downloaded and ready to usegithub.com · sdnext#why-sdnext ↗ 1d ago
Commercial use Partial: Apache-2.0 code; weights vary (e.g. FLUX.1-dev is non-commercial)
FLUX.1-dev is tagged license_name: flux-1-dev-non-commercial-license; FLUX.1-schnell is apache-2.0 on Hugging Face.huggingface.co · FLUX.1-dev ↗ 1d ago
Hardware Partial: CPU-only supported; SDNQ cuts VRAM up to 4x; no minimums stated
optimizations for various GPU architectures with acceleration and support for CPU-only executiongithub.com · sdnext#supported-platforms-and-hardware ↗ 1d ago
Operating systems Confirmed: Windows, Linux, macOS (Apple M1/M2 via MPS)
nVidia GPUs using CUDA libraries on both Windows and Linux ... Apple M1/M2 on OSX using built-in support in Torch with MPS optimizationsgithub.com · sdnext#supported-platforms-and-hardware ↗ 1d ago
Setup effort Confirmed: Medium; needs git and Python, then run webui script
These instructions assume that you already have Git and Python installed and available in your user PATH.vladmandic.github.io · Installation ↗ 1d ago