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How to run Stable Diffusion on a Mac

Here are some easy options on how to run Stable Diffusion on a Mac with Apple Silicon:


DiffusionBee

The Ultimate Suite of Creative AI Tools

DiffusionBee is the fastest and easiest toolbox to run AI apps locally with Stable Diffusion


Mochi Diffusion

Run Stable Diffusion on Mac natively

Features

  • Apple’s Core ML Stable Diffusion implementation to achieve maximum performance and speed on Apple Silicon based Macs while reducing memory requirements
  • Extremely fast and memory efficient (~150MB with Neural Engine)
  • Runs well on all Apple Silicon Macs by fully utilizing Neural Engine
  • Generate images locally and completely offline
  • Generate images based on an existing image (commonly known as Image2Image)
  • Generate images using ControlNet
  • Generated images are saved with prompt info inside EXIF metadata (view in Finder’s Get Info window)
  • Convert generated images to high resolution (using RealESRGAN)
  • Autosave & restore images
  • Use custom Stable Diffusion Core ML models
  • No worries about pickled models
  • macOS native app using SwiftUI

Amazing AI

Generate images from text using Stable Diffusion


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