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AI Charts / FLUX

Description

A family of image models from Black Forest Labs, a German lab founded by the original authors of Stable Diffusion. It creates an image from a description or edits one you upload; it can render text inside images and accepts reference images. The same family includes models for video with sound. You can use it on the bfl.ai website, through the API or inside other services; the website has demos of precise editing, object removal, extending an image and virtual try-on. Some FLUX models are open-weight and can be downloaded.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Some models are open: you can download and run them yourself
  • Writes the text from your prompt onto the image
  • The editing demos on the website work without an account

Cons

  • Some open models are for non-commercial use only

Key facts

Free access
Yes Open models you can run yourself; the API is paid
Developer
Black Forest Labs
Interface languages
English
Checked on
Oct 4, 2026

Editorial score

How strongly the AI Expertise editors recommend this tool for each of its categories right now, on a 0–10 scale. The score combines output quality, features, beginner friendliness and freshness.

Image Generation

7.5 / 10
Output quality 7.9
Low High
Features 7.8
Basic Rich
Beginner friendliness 4.5
Hard Easy
Freshness 10.0
Outdated Fresh