Useful links for daily work with Stable Diffusion
Created on October 6, 2023 by Dawid Wasowski Updated on June 21, 2025
User Interfaces
Applications
- Stability Matrix - a Multi-Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion. You can use it to download and run your favorite UI locally without unnecessary configuration.
- LynxHub - another Multi-Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion. It’s a newer tool than Stability Matrix. Released in August 2024.
- chaiNNer - a node-based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks easy and customizable. You can find models on OpenModelDB.
- TagGUI - cross-platform desktop app for adding and editing image tags and captions.
- DatasetEditor - Windows app for editing datasets. Currently at early stages of development. Includes “autotagger” tool that lets you tag images automatically. Autotagger currently supports only Pony Diffusion models, but author said it will be extended to other models.
- VastAI Docker Images Outdated - containerized UIs such as Forge, ComfyUI, and Fooocus. Can be run on either a local machine or a rented server. New base image is located here.
Models
- CivitAI and CivitAI RED - the best places to find great Checkpoints, Lora’s, Embeddings and more. Almost every model has some images generated using it. So you can easily find out if it’s worth downloading. Also it’s a great place for inspiration.
- HuggingFace - a platform for sharing and deploying AI models.
I recommend checking out the Spaces section and especially LoRA Studio. - OpenModelDB - a community driven database of AI Upscaling models.
Server rentals
- Vast.ai - a great place to rent a server for your work. You can find there a lot of different configurations and prices. Servers are located around the world. This service has the best prices.
- Runpod.io - a bit more expensive than Vast and has a worse server browser, but it’s still a good place to rent a server.
- Clore.io - another marketplace for renting GPUs directly from other users. It works similarly to the platforms above. The main difference is that it uses its own cryptocurrency for payments and bonuses.
- Octa.space - a decentralized cloud platform where you can rent both CPUs and GPUs. Just like Clore, it uses its own cryptocurrency.
Styles and Studies
- SDXL Artistic Studies - awesome studies on Artists, Art Mediums, Art Movements, Camera Models, Camera Films. I highly recommend last two, because they are very useful in realistic photography generation.
- SDXL Artist Style Studies - probably the biggest collection of artist styles for SDXL.
- SDXL Artists Browser - browser for SDXL artists.
- Stable Diffusion 1.5 Artists Cheat Sheet - a cheat sheet for Stable Diffusion 1.5. Might not work with newer models like SDXL.
- Lighting Types in SDXL - a Reddit post showing different lighting types in SDXL.
- Nationalities in Stable Diffusion - a Reddit post showing different nationalities in Stable Diffusion 1.5. It works with SDXL too.
Tools
- CLIP Interrogator Currently broken - analyzes images and generates descriptive text prompts for SD1 & SDXL. This one is for SD2 and this one is for Pony Diffusion.
- Diffusion Tokenizer - converts text prompts into numerical tokens used by diffusion models.
Tutorials
- stable-diffusion-art.com - a great website with many useful tutorials. Each tutorial is focused on a specific topic. You can find basics as well as more advanced tutorials there.
- Articles @ CivitAI - there are many guides created by the community. Some are great and some are useless. You need to find good ones by yourself.
- ComfyUI Examples - some examples of how to use Nodes in ComfyUI.
Communities
- Stable Diffusion @ Reddit - a place where you can find news related to Stable Diffusion and Flux models. You can find there many interesting works and discussions. That’s also a good place to ask for help if you have any problems with your work.
Discord Servers
All of the following Discord servers are great places to ask for help, share your work, and find inspiration. You need to find your favorite one by yourself.
YouTube Channels
All of the following YouTube channels offer useful tutorials and interesting content.