Automatic1111
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
AUTOMATIC1111 Stable Diffusion WebUI is the most popular open-source image generation interface — a feature-rich Gradio app sitting on top of the Stable Diffusion family of models. Born in 2022 and continuously evolved by hundreds of contributors, it's the de facto standard for self-hosted AI art generation.
For anyone running Stable Diffusion seriously on their own hardware, AUTOMATIC1111 is the canonical starting point.
What it's for
- txt2img / img2img / inpainting / outpainting — full SD workflow
- Extensions ecosystem — ControlNet, ADetailer, Roop, AnimateDiff, hundreds of community plugins
- LoRA / Textual Inversion / Hypernetwork loading
- Multi-checkpoint switching — SD 1.5, SD 2.x, SDXL all supported
- Batch processing — queue dozens of generations
- API mode —
--apiflag exposes REST endpoints for automation
Who it's for
- AI artists & designers building image libraries
- Stable Diffusion power users who need extension customization
- Studios running batch generation for marketing/concept art
- Developers integrating SD into their products via the API
- Hosting providers offering self-hosted AI image gen to their clients
Why teams pick AUTOMATIC1111 over alternatives
- GPL-3.0 — fully open, no enterprise gating
- Largest extension ecosystem — ControlNet works here first, then everywhere else
- Battle-tested — 100k+ GitHub stars, used in production by thousands
- Active community — Reddit, Discord, frequent custom branches
- Best LoRA support — drop in
.safetensors, prompt<lora:name:1.0>, done - Workflows transfer — most tutorials, prompts, settings are written for A1111
Integrations
- ControlNet — pose, depth, edge, segmentation control
- ADetailer — automatic face/hand fix
- AnimateDiff extension — short video from any SD checkpoint
- Roop / ReActor — face swap (use ethically)
- Civitai browser extension — download models in-app
- TensorRT — inference speed-up on RTX cards
- API mode for FastAPI/Node.js/Python clients
- Reverse proxy for HTTPS + auth
Notable users & community
- 145k+ GitHub stars (most-starred AI art tool by far)
- 50k+ active monthly users on r/StableDiffusion
- Powers thousands of hosted services (replicate, runpod, vast.ai presets)
- Default UI for community Stable Diffusion training tutorials
- Continuous LoRA / checkpoint ecosystem on civitai.com
Tips & operations
- VRAM matters: 6GB minimum for SD 1.5, 8-12GB for SDXL, 16GB+ for Flux models
--medvram/--lowvram: tradeoffs for less VRAM hosts- Persistent volume:
/data/models/Stable-diffusion, extensions, outputs - Disable extensions that crash via
--disable-all-extensions - First-run downloads ~7GB SD 1.5 base; pre-cache for cold-start time
- Production: enable
--auth user:pass, put behind reverse proxy with TLS - API mode:
--apiflag exposes/sdapi/v1/txt2imgetc. for automation
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker (siutin/stable-diffusion-webui-docker:latest-cuda) with NVIDIA runtime
- Pre-configured
--listen --port 7860 --api --enable-insecure-extension-access - Persistent volumes for models, outputs, extensions, embeddings, VAE
- Install report at
/root/bluixapps/automatic1111.txt - Production hardening notes (auth, reverse proxy, HTTPS)
- Backup hook covers models + outputs + extensions config
- GPU pre-flight check via
bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |
