Since the shutdown of SD on Colab, is there any option for running SD without disposable income?

I know about StableHorde, but it doesn’t seem to really… Well, work. Not for people without GPUs to gain Kudos on at least. It always gives a 5+ minute long queue and then ends up erroring out before that time runs out.

EDIT: It took me a while to set up. but as it turns out, my best option is in fact my 10-year-old computer with a 2GB AMD card. Using the DirectML fork of the WebUI with --lowvram runs pretty damn well for me. It’s not as fast as Colab was, but it’s not slow by any means. I guess the best advice in the end is, even if you’re on a shitbox, try it, your shitbox might surprise you. So take note, though, that running on 2GB Vram doesn’t work for everyone, only the luckiest of broke mfs can do that it seems.

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There are a few.

Draw things https://drawthings.ai

Diffusionbee https://diffusionbee.com

Are apps available on macos. Not sure about other platforms.

Other than that a more complex approach is installing automatic1111 which is a web interface that runs locally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXpAKVQDNU

Just had a little look at ^ this guy’s YouTube channel and he has guides to install stuff on windows too if that’s needed for ya.

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I struggled to replace a dying HDD this month, there’s no way I can afford a SD-capable GPU.

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You don’t need a GPU. It’ll just be a bit slower.

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I never knew it was possible to run on CPU. Well, thanks for the idea, but that doesn’t seem usable. SD outputs are terrible 9 of 10 times, and at ten+ minutes a generation…

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…a lot slower to be honest

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