Stable Diffusion web UI by AUTOMATIC1111

Stable Diffusion web UI

Stable Diffusion web UI interface screenshot from project README
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Verdict 70/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 1.2 years ago

Self-host Stable Diffusion web UI on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
70 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
163k
30k forks

About Stable Diffusion web UI

From the project's README at github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

A web interface for Stable Diffusion, implemented using Gradio library. Features Detailed feature showcase with images: Original txt2img and img2img modes One click install and run script (but you still must install python and git) Outpainting Inpainting Color Sketch Prompt Matrix Stable Diffusion Upscale Attention, specify parts of text that the model should pay more attention to a man in a - will pay more attention to tuxedo a man in a - alternative syntax select text and press or (or or if you're on a MacOS) to automatically adjust attention to selected text (code contributed by anonymous user) Loopback, run img2img processing multiple times X/Y/Z plot, a way to draw a 3 dimensional plot of images with different parameters Textual Inversion have as many embeddings as you want and use any names you like for them use multiple embeddings with different numbers of vectors per token works with half precision floating point numbers train embeddings on 8GB (also reports of 6GB working) Extras tab with: GFPGAN, neural network that fixes faces CodeFormer, face restoration tool as an alternative to GFPGAN RealESRGAN, neural network upscaler ESRGAN, neural network upscaler with a lot of third par

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
80
maturity
98
community
75
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
45

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 163k github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui
GitHub forks 30k github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui

Release & maintenance

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Project age3.7 yearssince Aug 2022
Last commit2 months agoMar 2, 2026
Releases shipped27last: 1.2 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Ready to self-host Stable Diffusion web UI?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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