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- Pricing
- Not published
- Released
- 2y ago
Cost
FLUX.1 [schnell] is a text-to-image model from Black Forest Labs, released in the announcement that launched the company as part of the FLUX.1 suite, its first model family alongside the [pro] and [dev] variants. In that announcement, the maker presents it as its fastest model and the most advanced few-step model to date. It is built for local development and personal use and is released with open weights under the Apache 2.0 license.
How it compares
Additional source evidence
- Source model
- black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell
- Source family
- flux
- Source type
- image
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01
- Model context
- —
- Model output limit
- —
- Open weights
- Yes
- File attachments
- No
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Temperature control
- No
Downloadable weights
Complete source record (JSON)
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"id": "black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell",
"name": "FLUX.1 [schnell]",
"description": "Fast few-step FLUX.1 text-to-image model under Apache 2.0",
"family": "flux",
"type": "image",
"last_updated": "2024-08-01",
"attachment": false,
"reasoning": false,
"tool_call": false,
"temperature": false,
"modalities": {
"input": [
"text"
],
"output": [
"image"
]
},
"limit": {
"context": 0,
"output": 0
},
"release_date": "2024-08-01",
"open_weights": true,
"license": "Apache 2.0",
"weights": [
{
"label": "Hugging Face",
"url": "https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell"
}
]
}Frequently asked questions
Quality and benchmarks
Similar models from other labs include Stable Diffusion 3 Medium (Stability AI), Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large (Stability AI) and Midjourney V6.1 (Midjourney). They are the closest matches by kind and release date.
Stable Diffusion 3 MediumFLUX.1 [schnell] vs Stable Diffusion 3 MediumStable Diffusion 3.5 LargeFLUX.1 [schnell] vs Stable Diffusion 3.5 LargeMidjourney V6.1FLUX.1 [schnell] vs Midjourney V6.1
Licensing and access
FLUX.1 [schnell] has open weights under the Apache 2.0 license, so you can download and run it yourself.
Yes, FLUX.1 [schnell] is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which allows commercial use. Check the license text for attribution terms.
The FLUX.1 [schnell] weights are on Hugging Face at black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell.
Basics
FLUX.1 [schnell] was made by Black Forest Labs. It was released on August 1, 2024.
Yes, FLUX.1 [schnell] has open weights, so you can run it on your own hardware without API fees.
Media
No, FLUX.1 [schnell] is not listed with image input, so it generates images from text only.
Generated from Vertical Tabs data, updated November 2, 2026.
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