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Flux
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by Black Forest Labs
OPEN WEIGHTSLOCALART GENERATIONPRODUCT PHOTOSHIGH DETAIL IMAGES
RANKED #3 OF 90 IMAGES · OVERALL #13 OF 6,530 · VIBE SCORE 7.3 · 13,196 VOICES
An advanced image generator for creators wanting detailed, custom pictures.
HAPPY9.2
1.6k mentions
SAD5.8
920 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 10,995 voices
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Flux once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
12B parameters, an FP8 file is about 12 GB, while a Q4 GGUF is about 6.5 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB VRAM
~$250 USEDQ4 GGUF or FP8 (low VRAM mode), ~15-25s per image (Schnell, 4 steps)
- SWEET SPOT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB
16 GB VRAM
~$750 NEW / $650 USEDFP8 or Q8 GGUF with LoRAs, ~10-15s per image (Dev, 20 steps)
- FULL POWER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB
24 GB VRAM
~$2,000 USED / $2,500Full FP16 precision, ~12-18s per image (Dev, 20 steps) with ControlNet
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN FLUX?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Flux takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | SWEET SPOTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB | FULL POWERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make an imageone picture at normal settings | ~20 S★★★★★ | ~13 S★★★★★ | ~15 S★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Community members love Flux for its incredible prompt accuracy and detailed results, whether making art or everyday phone-style photos. However, some users find it slow, pricey on cloud services, or frustrating when hit with refusal filters and errors.
11169 POSTS · 2027 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY · DEV FORUMS · GITHUB · X · DEV.TO · LEMMY · BLOG · OTHER FORUMS · STACK OVERFLOW
PEOPLE LOVE
- Results look great (50 mentions)
- Does what you ask without fighting you (6 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (47 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (29 mentions)
- People find it expensive (13 mentions)
- It can feel slow (5 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- How results lookPEOPLE LOVE THIS
50 thumbs up · 11 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
5 thumbs up · 47 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 29 thumbs down
- PriceMIXED FEELINGS
15 thumbs up · 13 thumbs down
- SpeedMIXED FEELINGS
5 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
- Doing what you askPEOPLE LOVE THIS
6 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“Flux Can Generate Really Good Fake, Low Quality And Boring Phone Photos!.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“I am continuing FLUX LoRA training with 256 images experiments, the model learnt even my broken teeth :).”
- FROM REDDIT >
“It's not merely "uncensored but lacking knowledge." It's the thing many people have been waiting for.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“14 Mind Blowing examples I made locally for free on my PC with FLUX Kontext Dev while recording the SwarmUI how to use tutorial video - This model is better than even OpenAI ChatGPT image editing - just prompt: no-mask, no-ControlNet.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Kohya SS GUI very easy FLUX LoRA trainings full grid comparisons - 10 GB Config worked perfect - just slower - Full explanation and info in the comment - seek my comment :) - 50 epoch (750 steps) vs 100 epoch (1500 steps) vs 150 epoch (2250 steps).”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Prompt adherence with Flux is insane.”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for Flux.
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Midjourney
Stable Diffusion 3.5> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2024-08-31 · 2888 UPVOTESMovement is almost human with KlingAi
Movement is almost human with KlingAi
- REDDIT · 2025-07-20 · 2830 UPVOTESAsked Flux Kontext to create a back view of this scene
Asked Flux Kontext to create a back view of this scene
- X · 2026-08-17 · 1962 UPVOTESwhy this flux so mad
why this flux so mad
- REDDIT · 2024-08-17 · 1575 UPVOTESMessing around with FLUX Depth
Messing around with FLUX Depth
- REDDIT · 2025-03-30 · 1499 UPVOTESjust curious what tools might be used to achieve this? i m using sd and flux for about a year but never tried video only worked with images…
just curious what tools might be used to achieve this? i m using sd and flux for about a year but never tried video only worked with images till now
- REDDIT · 2025-05-27 · 1385 UPVOTESVeo3 + Flux + Hunyuan3D + Wan with VAce
Veo3 + Flux + Hunyuan3D + Wan with VAce
- REDDIT · 2024-08-24 · 1330 UPVOTESYou can train handwriting loras with flux
You can train handwriting loras with flux
- REDDIT · 2024-11-21 · 1324 UPVOTESHuge FLUX news just dropped. This is just big. Inpainting and outpainting better than paid Adobe Photoshop with FLUX DEV. By FLUX team…
Huge FLUX news just dropped. This is just big. Inpainting and outpainting better than paid Adobe Photoshop with FLUX DEV. By FLUX team published Canny and Depth ControlNet a likes and Image Variation and Concept transfer like style transfer or 0-shot face…
- REDDIT · 2024-09-16 · 1323 UPVOTESMirrorscapes - FLUX
Mirrorscapes - FLUX
- REDDIT · 2024-12-14 · 1319 UPVOTESI trained a handwriting flux fine tune
I trained a handwriting flux fine tune
- REDDIT · 2024-11-12 · 1319 UPVOTESMade a dog smile with no code, now I'm looking for a friend like that. Anyone seen one?
Made a dog smile with no code, now I'm looking for a friend like that. Anyone seen one?
- REDDIT · 2024-08-01 · 1253 UPVOTESAnnouncing Flux: The Next Leap in Text-to-Image Models
Announcing Flux: The Next Leap in Text-to-Image Models