Step1X-Edit is listed under AI Image Editing & Enhancement, in the Content & Media Generation category on Flocci AI Tools. Apache-2.0 instruction-based image editing model from StepFun. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.
Step1X-Edit is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 399 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.
Step1X-Edit does 3 things the catalog singles out: Apache-2.0 instruction-based image editing model from stepfun; v1p2 (nov 2025) adds native reasoning and reflective correction; free weights; comfyui-compatible.
Affinity by Canva is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same AI Image Editing & Enhancement sub-category and is free. BAGEL (ByteDance), BiRefNet and Krita AI Diffusion also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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