Fooocus

Midjourney-like prompt-only UI on top of SDXL with built-in prompt expansion

What Fooocus does

  • Midjourney-like prompt-only UI on top of SDXL with built-in prompt expansion
  • Inpaint, outpaint, image prompt and upscale tools
  • Free GPL-3.0; runs on 4GB VRAM+

Fooocus — straight answers

What is Fooocus?

Fooocus is listed under AI Image Generation, in the Content & Media Generation category on Flocci AI Tools. Midjourney-like prompt-only UI on top of SDXL with built-in prompt expansion. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is Fooocus free?

Fooocus is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use Fooocus in a browser, or is there an app?

Fooocus needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on Windows, Linux, Mac and self-hosting.

What can Fooocus do?

Fooocus does 3 things the catalog singles out: Midjourney-like prompt-only ui on top of sdxl with built-in prompt expansion; inpaint, outpaint, image prompt and upscale tools; free gpl-3.0; runs on 4gb vram+.

What is the best free alternative to Fooocus?

Bing Image Creator is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same AI Image Generation sub-category and is free. PicLumen, Qwen-Image and ComfyUI also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Ideogram

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  • Great for posters, logos and mockups
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Recraft

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  • Consistent style sets
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Adobe Firefly

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  • Commercially safe, trained on licensed data
  • Generative fill inside Photoshop
  • Image, video and vector models
  • Free monthly generative credits

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