# Invoke - Professional Creative AI Tools for Visual Media
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InvokeAI is a leading creative engine built to empower professionals
and enthusiasts alike. Generate and create stunning visual media using
the latest AI-driven technologies. InvokeAI offers an industry leading
Web Interface, interactive Command Line Interface, and also serves as
the foundation for multiple commercial products.
**Quick links**: [[How to
Install](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/installation/INSTALLATION/)] [Discord Server] [Documentation and
Tutorials]
[Bug Reports]
[Discussion,
Ideas & Q&A]
[Contributing]
## Table of Contents
Table of Contents 📝
**Getting Started**
1. 🏁 [Quick Start](#quick-start)
3. 🖥️ [Hardware Requirements](#hardware-requirements)
**More About Invoke**
1. 🌟 [Features](#features)
2. 📣 [Latest Changes](#latest-changes)
3. 🛠️ [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
**Supporting the Project**
1. 🤝 [Contributing](#contributing)
2. 👥 [Contributors](#contributors)
3. 💕 [Support](#support)
## Quick Start
For full installation and upgrade instructions, please see:
[InvokeAI Installation Overview](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/installation/INSTALLATION/)
If upgrading from version 2.3, please read [Migrating a 2.3 root
directory to 3.0](#migrating-to-3) first.
### Automatic Installer (suggested for 1st time users)
1. Go to the bottom of the [Latest Release Page](https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/releases/latest)
2. Download the .zip file for your OS (Windows/macOS/Linux).
3. Unzip the file.
4. **Windows:** double-click on the `install.bat` script. **macOS:** Open a Terminal window, drag the file `install.sh` from Finder
into the Terminal, and press return. **Linux:** run `install.sh`.
5. You'll be asked to confirm the location of the folder in which
to install InvokeAI and its image generation model files. Pick a
location with at least 15 GB of free memory. More if you plan on
installing lots of models.
6. Wait while the installer does its thing. After installing the software,
the installer will launch a script that lets you configure InvokeAI and
select a set of starting image generation models.
7. Find the folder that InvokeAI was installed into (it is not the
same as the unpacked zip file directory!) The default location of this
folder (if you didn't change it in step 5) is `~/invokeai` on
Linux/Mac systems, and `C:\Users\YourName\invokeai` on Windows. This directory will contain launcher scripts named `invoke.sh` and `invoke.bat`.
8. On Windows systems, double-click on the `invoke.bat` file. On
macOS, open a Terminal window, drag `invoke.sh` from the folder into
the Terminal, and press return. On Linux, run `invoke.sh`
9. Press 2 to open the "browser-based UI", press enter/return, wait a
minute or two for Stable Diffusion to start up, then open your browser
and go to http://localhost:9090.
10. Type `banana sushi` in the box on the top left and click `Invoke`
### Command-Line Installation (for developers and users familiar with Terminals)
You must have Python 3.10 through 3.11 installed on your machine. Earlier or
later versions are not supported.
Node.js also needs to be installed along with `pnpm` (can be installed with
the command `npm install -g pnpm` if needed)
1. Open a command-line window on your machine. The PowerShell is recommended for Windows.
2. Create a directory to install InvokeAI into. You'll need at least 15 GB of free space:
```terminal
mkdir invokeai
````
3. Create a virtual environment named `.venv` inside this directory and activate it:
```terminal
cd invokeai
python -m venv .venv --prompt InvokeAI
```
4. Activate the virtual environment (do it every time you run InvokeAI)
_For Linux/Mac users:_
```sh
source .venv/bin/activate
```
_For Windows users:_
```ps
.venv\Scripts\activate
```
5. Install the InvokeAI module and its dependencies. Choose the command suited for your platform & GPU.
_For Windows/Linux with an NVIDIA GPU:_
```terminal
pip install "InvokeAI[xformers]" --use-pep517 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121
```
_For Linux with an AMD GPU:_
```sh
pip install InvokeAI --use-pep517 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm5.6
```
_For non-GPU systems:_
```terminal
pip install InvokeAI --use-pep517 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
```
_For Macintoshes, either Intel or M1/M2/M3:_
```sh
pip install InvokeAI --use-pep517
```
6. Configure InvokeAI and install a starting set of image generation models (you only need to do this once):
```terminal
invokeai-configure --root .
```
Don't miss the dot at the end!
7. Launch the web server (do it every time you run InvokeAI):
```terminal
invokeai-web
```
8. Point your browser to http://localhost:9090 to bring up the web interface.
9. Type `banana sushi` in the box on the top left and click `Invoke`.
Be sure to activate the virtual environment each time before re-launching InvokeAI,
using `source .venv/bin/activate` or `.venv\Scripts\activate`.
## Detailed Installation Instructions
This fork is supported across Linux, Windows and Macintosh. Linux
users can use either an Nvidia-based card (with CUDA support) or an
AMD card (using the ROCm driver). For full installation and upgrade
instructions, please see:
[InvokeAI Installation Overview](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/installation/INSTALL_SOURCE/)
### Migrating a v2.3 InvokeAI root directory
The InvokeAI root directory is where the InvokeAI startup file,
installed models, and generated images are stored. It is ordinarily
named `invokeai` and located in your home directory. The contents and
layout of this directory has changed between versions 2.3 and 3.0 and
cannot be used directly.
We currently recommend that you use the installer to create a new root
directory named differently from the 2.3 one, e.g. `invokeai-3` and
then use a migration script to copy your 2.3 models into the new
location. However, if you choose, you can upgrade this directory in
place. This section gives both recipes.
#### Creating a new root directory and migrating old models
This is the safer recipe because it leaves your old root directory in
place to fall back on.
1. Follow the instructions above to create and install InvokeAI in a
directory that has a different name from the 2.3 invokeai directory.
In this example, we will use "invokeai-3"
2. When you are prompted to select models to install, select a minimal
set of models, such as stable-diffusion-v1.5 only.
3. After installation is complete launch `invokeai.sh` (Linux/Mac) or
`invokeai.bat` and select option 8 "Open the developers console". This
will take you to the command line.
4. Issue the command `invokeai-migrate3 --from /path/to/v2.3-root --to
/path/to/invokeai-3-root`. Provide the correct `--from` and `--to`
paths for your v2.3 and v3.0 root directories respectively.
This will copy and convert your old models from 2.3 format to 3.0
format and create a new `models` directory in the 3.0 directory. The
old models directory (which contains the models selected at install
time) will be renamed `models.orig` and can be deleted once you have
confirmed that the migration was successful.
If you wish, you can pass the 2.3 root directory to both `--from` and
`--to` in order to update in place. Warning: this directory will no
longer be usable with InvokeAI 2.3.
#### Migrating in place
For the adventurous, you may do an in-place upgrade from 2.3 to 3.0
without touching the command line. ***This recipe does not work on
Windows platforms due to a bug in the Windows version of the 2.3
upgrade script.** See the next section for a Windows recipe.
##### For Mac and Linux Users:
1. Launch the InvokeAI launcher script in your current v2.3 root directory.
2. Select option [9] "Update InvokeAI" to bring up the updater dialog.
3. Select option [1] to upgrade to the latest release.
4. Once the upgrade is finished you will be returned to the launcher
menu. Select option [6] "Re-run the configure script to fix a broken
install or to complete a major upgrade".
This will run the configure script against the v2.3 directory and
update it to the 3.0 format. The following files will be replaced:
- The invokeai.init file, replaced by invokeai.yaml
- The models directory
- The configs/models.yaml model index
The original versions of these files will be saved with the suffix
".orig" appended to the end. Once you have confirmed that the upgrade
worked, you can safely remove these files. Alternatively you can
restore a working v2.3 directory by removing the new files and
restoring the ".orig" files' original names.
##### For Windows Users:
Windows Users can upgrade with the
1. Enter the 2.3 root directory you wish to upgrade
2. Launch `invoke.sh` or `invoke.bat`
3. Select the "Developer's console" option [8]
4. Type the following commands
```
pip install "invokeai @ https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/archive/refs/tags/v3.0.0" --use-pep517 --upgrade
invokeai-configure --root .
```
(Replace `v3.0.0` with the current release number if this document is out of date).
The first command will install and upgrade new software to run
InvokeAI. The second will prepare the 2.3 directory for use with 3.0.
You may now launch the WebUI in the usual way, by selecting option [1]
from the launcher script
#### Migrating Images
The migration script will migrate your invokeai settings and models,
including textual inversion models, LoRAs and merges that you may have
installed previously. However it does **not** migrate the generated
images stored in your 2.3-format outputs directory. To do this, you
need to run an additional step:
1. From a working InvokeAI 3.0 root directory, start the launcher and
enter menu option [8] to open the "developer's console".
2. At the developer's console command line, type the command:
```bash
invokeai-import-images
```
3. This will lead you through the process of confirming the desired
source and destination for the imported images. The images will
appear in the gallery board of your choice, and contain the
original prompt, model name, and other parameters used to generate
the image.
(Many kudos to **techjedi** for contributing this script.)
## Hardware Requirements
InvokeAI is supported across Linux, Windows and macOS. Linux
users can use either an Nvidia-based card (with CUDA support) or an
AMD card (using the ROCm driver).
### System
You will need one of the following:
- An NVIDIA-based graphics card with 4 GB or more VRAM memory. 6-8 GB
of VRAM is highly recommended for rendering using the Stable
Diffusion XL models
- An Apple computer with an M1 chip.
- An AMD-based graphics card with 4GB or more VRAM memory (Linux
only), 6-8 GB for XL rendering.
We do not recommend the GTX 1650 or 1660 series video cards. They are
unable to run in half-precision mode and do not have sufficient VRAM
to render 512x512 images.
**Memory** - At least 12 GB Main Memory RAM.
**Disk** - At least 12 GB of free disk space for the machine learning model, Python, and all its dependencies.
## Features
Feature documentation can be reviewed by navigating to [the InvokeAI Documentation page](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/features/)
### *Web Server & UI*
InvokeAI offers a locally hosted Web Server & React Frontend, with an industry leading user experience. The Web-based UI allows for simple and intuitive workflows, and is responsive for use on mobile devices and tablets accessing the web server.
### *Unified Canvas*
The Unified Canvas is a fully integrated canvas implementation with support for all core generation capabilities, in/outpainting, brush tools, and more. This creative tool unlocks the capability for artists to create with AI as a creative collaborator, and can be used to augment AI-generated imagery, sketches, photography, renders, and more.
### *Workflows & Nodes*
InvokeAI offers a fully featured workflow management solution, enabling users to combine the power of nodes based workflows with the easy of a UI. This allows for customizable generation pipelines to be developed and shared by users looking to create specific workflows to support their production use-cases.
### *Board & Gallery Management*
Invoke AI provides an organized gallery system for easily storing, accessing, and remixing your content in the Invoke workspace. Images can be dragged/dropped onto any Image-base UI element in the application, and rich metadata within the Image allows for easy recall of key prompts or settings used in your workflow.
### Other features
- *Support for both ckpt and diffusers models*
- *SD 2.0, 2.1, XL support*
- *Upscaling Tools*
- *Embedding Manager & Support*
- *Model Manager & Support*
- *Workflow creation & management*
- *Node-Based Architecture*
### Latest Changes
For our latest changes, view our [Release
Notes](https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/releases) and the
[CHANGELOG](docs/CHANGELOG.md).
### Troubleshooting
Please check out our **[Troubleshooting Guide](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/installation/010_INSTALL_AUTOMATED/#troubleshooting)** to get solutions for common installation
problems and other issues. For more help, please join our [Discord][discord link]
## Contributing
Anyone who wishes to contribute to this project, whether documentation, features, bug fixes, code
cleanup, testing, or code reviews, is very much encouraged to do so.
Get started with contributing by reading our [Contribution documentation](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/contributing/CONTRIBUTING/), joining the [#dev-chat](https://discord.com/channels/1020123559063990373/1049495067846524939) or the GitHub discussion board.
If you are unfamiliar with how
to contribute to GitHub projects, we have a new contributor checklist you can follow to get started contributing:
[New Contributor Checklist](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/contributing/contribution_guides/newContributorChecklist/).
We hope you enjoy using our software as much as we enjoy creating it,
and we hope that some of those of you who are reading this will elect
to become part of our community.
Welcome to InvokeAI!
### Contributors
This fork is a combined effort of various people from across the world.
[Check out the list of all these amazing people](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/other/CONTRIBUTORS/). We thank them for
their time, hard work and effort.
### Support
For support, please use this repository's GitHub Issues tracking service, or join the [Discord][discord link].
Original portions of the software are Copyright (c) 2023 by respective contributors.