Image and video
Photo AI 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★26,475 GitHub starsMIT licenceSelf-hosted web studio for generating images and videos from prompts with many models and a UI.Open on GitHub ↗easydiffusion/easydiffusion★10,449 GitHub starslicence unclearUser-friendly browser UI for local text-to-image generation with one-click workflow for non‑developers.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Proprietary Seedance 2.5 video model and any bespoke in-house tuned models
- Photo packs, curated prompt collections, and built-in commercial licensing handling
- Ultra performance, parallel generation limits and priority response times of paid tiers
- Enterprise features like unlimited storage and advanced relighting/combination tooling
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Photo AI, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.