2 Best FLUX Alternatives in 2026 (Open Source)
FLUX — Official inference repo for FLUX.1 models.
These 2 open-source tools do the same job. They are ordered by how closely they match FLUX, with live GitHub data so you can see which projects are actively maintained.
| Tool | GitHub stars | Stars / 30d | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLUX(original) | 26.0k | +103 | 2025-07-31 |
| DALL·E Mini | 14.7k | +-9 | 2023-08-22 |
| Hugging Face Diffusion Models Course | 4.4k | +10 | 2026-09-17 |
1. DALL·E Mini
DALL·E Mini - Generate images from a text prompt
What sets it apart: vs DALL-E 3 / Stable Diffusion: the original open-source text-to-image model that went viral — historically significant as the first widely accessible AI image generator, now commercialized as Craiyon
Best for: Educational exploration of text-to-image model architecture; Research on transformer-based image generation; Free image generation via Craiyon web interface
2. Hugging Face Diffusion Models Course
Materials for the Hugging Face Diffusion Models Course
What sets it apart: Official Hugging Face free course teaching diffusion models from theory to practice with hands-on notebooks and community support
Best for: learning-diffusion-models; hands-on-generative-ai-training; understanding-stable-diffusion