Open or open-weight image/media generation models used by visual AI applications.
Hugging Face downloads among selected image/media model alternatives.
Ranked alternatives
Popularity-ranked entries linked back to graph nodes and deterministic sources.
| Rank | Component | Kind | Openness | Popularity metric | Tasks | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stable Diffusion v1.5model:stable-diffusion-v1-5 | model | open weights | 1,704,765Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 2 | Stable Diffusion XL Base 1.0model:stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0 | model | open weights | 1,436,868Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation, image-editing | source |
| 3 | FLUX.1-devmodel:flux.1-dev | model | open weights | 984,011Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 4 | FLUX.1-schnellmodel:flux.1-schnell | model | open weights | 337,454Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 5 | Playground v2.5model:playground-v2.5-1024px-aesthetic | model | open weights | 271,756Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 6 | DreamShaper 8model:dreamshaper-8 | model | open weights | 57,985Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 7 | Stable Diffusion 3.5 Largemodel:stable-diffusion-3.5-large | model | open weights | 22,257Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 8 | PixArt-XL-2-1024-MSmodel:pixart-xl-2-1024-ms | model | open weights | 4,727Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 9 | Kandinsky 2.2 Decodermodel:kandinsky-2-2-decoder | model | open weights | 2,835Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |
| 10 | HunyuanDiT v1.2model:hunyuan-dit-v1.2 | model | open weights | 369Hugging Face downloads as of 2026-06-10 | image-generation | source |