Image and video
Midjourney 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
CompVis/stable-diffusionCanonical open-source latent diffusion text-to-image implementation (foundation for many local/hosted image generators).Open on GitHub ↗huggingface/diffusersProduction-ready library and pipelines for running diffusion models (text-to-image, image-to-image, video).Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Proprietary Midjourney model quality and tuned aesthetics
- Discord-native community experience and social features
- Proprietary prompt+style presets and any exclusive training/filters
- Operational scale, moderation, and commercial licensing handled by Midjourney
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Midjourney, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.