Image Generation
AI Horde (Stable Horde)
Community-powered AI platform for distributed image generation.
Free
★★★★½
4.6
Stable Diffusion
distributed AI
text-to-image
AI API
open source
community computing
developer tools
About AI Horde (Stable Horde)
AI Horde, formerly known as Stable Horde, is an open-source distributed AI inference platform that enables users to generate images using community-contributed GPU resources. It supports Stable Diffusion and other open-source generative models through a free API and various third-party clients. Developers can integrate AI Horde into their own applications, while users generate images without high-end hardware. The platform is maintained by an open-source community and emphasizes accessible AI computing. It also supports text generation through compatible language models.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AI Horde (formerly Stable Horde) and how does it work?
AI Horde is a crowdsourced, open-source platform that offers free generative AI capabilities through a distributed network of volunteer compute nodes. Instead of relying on centralized data centers, individual community members contribute their idle GPU and CPU power to process text generation requests and render image models, such as Stable Diffusion and Stable Cascade, for users worldwide.
How do I generate images or text using AI Horde?
Users can access AI Horde through multiple web frontends, mobile apps, desktop software, and third-party integrations like ArtBot, HordeNG, or Lucid Creations without writing code. Developers can also integrate the service directly into their own applications, games, or platforms using AI Horde's open REST API and accessible documentation.
What is the Kudos system and how does queue priority work?
AI Horde uses a fair-share economy metric called Kudos to regulate queue priorities across the platform. Anyone can use the service for free or anonymously, but users who earn Kudos by hosting worker nodes, sharing compute power, or receiving transfers from others enjoy faster generation speeds and higher priority positions in processing queues.
Is AI Horde free, and can I use generated assets commercially?
Yes, AI Horde is completely free, open-source, and accessible without mandatory payment or subscription tiers. Because generations are processed using open-source AI architectures, users generally retain full rights to use, adapt, and monetize their outputs commercially, provided the creations adhere to the specific open model licenses utilized by the worker node.
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