This repository includes a Krita plugin for communication with stablehorde. Stablehorde is a cluster of stable-diffusion servers run by volunteers. You can create stable-diffusion images for free without running a colab notebook or a local server. Please check the section "Limitations" to better understand where the limits are.
Please check HISTORY.md for the latest changes.
The plugin has been tested in Krita 5.1.1.
IMPORTANT: If you are running Linux, please make sure, you have webp support for Qt5 installed, as this is the image format stablehorde uses. Execute the following command to check, if it's already supported: python -c "from PyQt5.Qt import *; print([bytes(x).decode('ascii') for x in QImageReader.supportedImageFormats()])". To install it, use sudo pacman -S qt5-imageformats (Arch) or sudo apt install qt5-image-formats-plugins (Debian).
Download the Krita plugin zip.
Start Krita and open the "Tools/Scripts/Import Python Plugin from File" menu and select the downloaded zip. Restart Krita.
You should see now the new menu item "Tools/Scripts/Stablehorde". If this is not the case, something went wrong.
Now we are ready for generating images.
Start Krita and create a new document with a size between 384x384 and 1024x1024, color mode "RGB/Alpha" (default), color depth 8bit (default) and a paint layer. The generated image will have the size of the document or is a bit smaller. Check below for an explanation.
Select the new "Tools/Scripts/Stablehorde" menu item. A dialog will open, where you can enter the details for the image generation.
Basic Tab
Generation Mode:
NSFW: If you want to send a prompt, which is excplicitly NSFW (Not Safe For Work).
Seed: This parameter is optional. If it is empty, a random seed will be generated on the server. If you use a seed, the same image is generated again in the case the same parameters for init strength, steps, etc. are used. A slightly different image will be generated, if the parameters are modified. You find the seed as part of the layer name of the layer, where the generated image is displayed.
Prompt: How the generated image should look like.
Generate: Start image generation. The values you inserted into the dialog will be transmitted to the server, which dispatches the request now to one of the stable-diffusion servers in the cluster. Your generation request is added to the queue. You will see now the status "Queue position..." and all input elements of the dialog are disabled. Generation can take between several seconds and several minutes depending on how many other requests are already in the queue and how many stable diffusion servers joined currently the cluster.
When the image has been generated successfully, it will be shown as a new layer of the opened document. The used seed is shown as a part of the name of the new layer. If an error during generation occurs, the error message will be shown in the status textarea and all input elements will be enabled again.
Cancel: Close the dialog. If you cancel when you already started generation, generation will be stopped.
Advanced Tab
Init Strength: How much the AI should take the init image into account. The higher the value, the more will the generated image look like the init image. 0.3 is a good value to use.
Prompt Strength: How much the AI should follow the prompt. The higher the value, the more the AI will generate an image which looks like your prompt. 8 is a good value to use.
Steps: How many steps the AI should use to generate the image. The higher the value, the more the AI will work on details. But it also means, the longer the generation takes and the more the GPU is used. 50 is a good value to use.
API key: This parameter is optional. If you don't enter an API key, you run the image generation as anonymous. The downside is, that you will have then the lowest priority in the generation queue. For that reason it is recommended registering for free on stablehorde and getting an API key.
Max Wait: The maximum time in minutes you want to wait until image generation is finished. When the max time is reached, a timeout happens and the generation request is stopped.
python -c "from PyQt5.Qt import *; print([bytes(x).decode('ascii') for x in QImageReader.supportedImageFormats()])". To install it, use sudo pacman -S qt5-imageformats (Arch) or sudo apt install qt5-image-formats-plugins (Debian).Stability: Stablehorde is still pretty new and under heavy development. So, it's not unlikely, that the servers are not available for some time or unexpected errors occur.
Generation speed: Stablehorde is a cluster of stable-diffusion servers run by volunteers. The generation speed depends on how many servers are in the cluster, which hardware they use and how many others want to generate with stablehorde. The upside is, that stablehorde is free to use, the downside that the generation speed is unpredictable.
Privacy: The privacy stablehorde offers is similar to generating in a public discord channel. So, please assume, that neither your prompts nor your generated images are private.
Features: Currently text2img, img2img and inpainting are supported. As soon as stablehorde supports outpainting, this will be available in the plugin too.
Why is the generated image smaller than the document? Stable-diffusion only generates image sizes which are a multiple of 64. This means, if your document has a size of 650x512, the generated image will have a size of 640x512.
Will outpainting be supported? Pretty likely outpainting will be supported. This depends on which features the stablehorde cluster supports.
How do I report an error or request a new feature? Please open a new issue in this repository.