Fooocus
App : A product you use directly
Ultra-simplified local interface to generate high-quality SDXL images without technical adjustments.
The best first step into local and private image generation, as long as you stay within SDXL.
Security reflects where data goes, requested permissions and incidents on record at the verification date. It is not a guarantee of zero risk: check the deployment mode and the connections you enable.
What it does, concretely
Generating images with a local AI tool usually requires configuring dozens of technical parameters, which discourages most non-specialist users. Fooocus solves this problem by reducing the interface to the essentials: a text field to describe the desired image, and a button to start generation.
The software works entirely offline, on your own machine, without sending your data to a remote server. It is built on the Stable Diffusion XL architecture and includes a GPT-2-based prompt processing engine that automatically improves results even with short or vague descriptions. Installation takes fewer than three clicks on Windows, and models are downloaded automatically on first launch.
Fooocus is aimed at people who want to generate quality images locally, without a paid online subscription and without mastering the advanced settings of tools like ComfyUI or Automatic1111. It suits both curious creatives and users who care about the privacy of their work.
However, Fooocus is not suited for users who want to work with newer architectures such as Flux, or who need fine-grained control over every generation parameter. The project is now in maintenance mode: only bug fixes are planned, with no migration to newer models.
What it offers
- ·Local text-to-image generation, with no internet connection or data sent to a remote server.
- ·GPT-2-based prompt processing engine that automatically improves output quality regardless of description length.
- ·Image inpainting and outpainting using a proprietary algorithm distinct from the standard SDXL method.
- ·Image Prompt feature that uses a reference image as a visual guide, via Fooocus's own algorithm.
- ·Upscaling and variation of existing images (x1.5 or x2 upscale, subtle or strong variations).
- ·Three preconfigured launch profiles: default, anime, and realistic, also selectable from the browser interface.
- ·Compatibility with SDXL models available on Civitai, to diversify generation styles.
- ·Face swapping on an image (FaceSwap) via InsightFace, accessible from the Image Prompt menu.
In practice
- Price
- Free
- Commercial use
- Commercial use: yes
- Available on
- windows, linux, macos
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- FR interface
- No
Security and data
- Rating
- Security: nothing to flag
- Your data
- Data stays local
- Known incidents
- Projet en mode LTS (corrections seulement).
- Maintenance
- Inactive for over six months
- Last release
- 12 August 2024
Links and repository checked on 25 October 2026 · added on 1 August 2023
How to install Fooocus
git clone https://github.com/lllyasviel/Fooocus.git && cd Fooocus && conda env create -f environment.yaml && conda activate fooocus && pip install -r requirements_versions.txt