Fooocus is a free, offline image generation tool built on Stable Diffusion XL. Inspired by Midjourney’s simplicity, it lets you focus entirely on your prompts and images — the software handles all the technical details automatically. From first download to first generated image takes fewer than 3 mouse clicks.Documentation Index
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Introduction
Learn what Fooocus is, how it works, and what makes it different from other SDXL tools.
Quickstart
Generate your first image in minutes with the default Windows installer.
Core Features
Explore text-to-image, inpainting, image prompts, upscaling, and styles.
CLI Flags Reference
Full reference for all command-line arguments and launch options.
Install on Your Platform
Fooocus runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and in Docker. Choose your platform below.Windows
One-click installer with embedded Python — no setup required.
Linux
Install with Anaconda, Python venv, or system Python. Supports Nvidia and AMD GPUs.
Mac
Runs on Apple M1/M2 via PyTorch MPS acceleration.
Docker
NVIDIA CUDA 12.4 image with persistent volume support.
Key Features
Prompt Expansion
Offline GPT-2 engine automatically enriches your prompts for better results — no prompt engineering needed.
Inpaint & Outpaint
Custom inpaint algorithm and models that outperform standard SDXL inpainting methods.
Image Prompt
Use any image as a style or composition reference with Fooocus’s custom IP-Adapter implementation.
Upscale & Variation
Upscale images 1.5x or 2x, or generate subtle and strong variations of any output.
100+ Styles
Choose from over 100 curated SDXL styles across multiple style packs.
Performance Modes
Quality, Speed, Extreme Speed (LCM), Lightning, and Hyper-SD modes for any hardware.
Run the launcher
On Windows, double-click
run.bat. On Linux/Mac, run python entry_with_update.py. Models download automatically.Type a prompt
Enter your prompt in the text box and click Generate. Fooocus handles everything else.
Fooocus is in Limited Long-Term Support (LTS) mode — it receives bug fixes only. It is built exclusively on Stable Diffusion XL and there are no plans to support newer architectures like Flux.