Model Family
Stable Diffusion
Open-weights latent-diffusion image model — the spark of the open-source image-gen ecosystem.
Definition
Stable Diffusion (1.5, 2, XL, 3) is Stability AI's openly-released text-to-image model. Its 2022 launch democratised high-quality image generation and spawned an enormous ecosystem of LoRAs, ControlNets and UIs (Automatic1111, ComfyUI).
Common use cases
- Image generation
- Inpainting
- ControlNet pipelines