How to run FLUX.1 [schnell] locally

Black Forest Labs · Text → image · 12B params · Apache-2.0 (commercial OK)

The fully-Apache, 1-4 step distilled FLUX variant that lets you generate near-flagship-quality images commercially for free in seconds.

What it costs to run — $0 markup

On your own machine — $0. Runs free if you have about 12 GB of VRAM (fp8/GGUF ~12GB; full bf16 ~24GB; 1-4 step generation), via ComfyUI / Diffusers.
Rent a GPU — from $0.26/hr. Fits RTX 3090 24GB at the direct vendor price ($0 markup) — pay only for the minutes you generate.
Download the weights — free. Open weights at black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell.

Note: generative-media models are billed per image / per second / per minute on hosted services — not per token. Running locally or on your own rented GPU is usually far cheaper and keeps your data on your machine.

Key facts

Does	Text → image
VRAM to run	~12 GB (fp8/GGUF ~12GB; full bf16 ~24GB; 1-4 step generation)
Download	~24 GB
Parameters	12B
License	Apache-2.0 (commercial use OK)
Run with	ComfyUI / Diffusers

Get FLUX.1 [schnell] on Hugging Face →

More image models

FLUX.1 [dev] — Text → image, ~12 GB VRAM
Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (SDXL) — Text → image, ~8.0 GB VRAM
Stable Diffusion 1.5 — Text → image, ~4.0 GB VRAM
FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] — Image editing, ~12 GB VRAM
Qwen-Image — Text → image, ~24 GB VRAM
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large — Text → image, ~12 GB VRAM

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