Image and video
GarageLab alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
Anil-matcha/Open-Generative-AI★25,970 GitHub starsMIT licenceSelf-hosted web studio for generating images and videos with many AI models.Open on GitHub ↗mylxsw/aidea★6,934 GitHub starsMIT licenceFlutter app integrating large language and image-generation models into a finished user-facing application.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Native iOS UX polish and App Store distribution conveniences
- Built-in iPhone-specific integrations (photos library, native performance)
- Polished preset library and ongoing content updates
- Scale and reliability of a managed mobile product (notifications, analytics, paid IAP flows)
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches GarageLab, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.