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<a href="https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI">InvokeAI</a> is an
implementation of Stable Diffusion, the open source text-to-image and
image-to-image generator. It provides a streamlined process with various new
features and options to aid the image generation process. It runs on Windows,
Mac and Linux machines, and runs on GPU cards with as little as 4 GB of RAM.

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## :octicons-link-24: Quick Links

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    <a href="installation/INSTALLATION"> <button class="button">Installation</button> </a>
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    <a href="https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/issues"> <button class="button">Bug Reports </button> </a>
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## :octicons-gift-24: InvokeAI Features

### Installation
  - [Automated Installer](installation/010_INSTALL_AUTOMATED.md)
  - [Manual Installation](installation/020_INSTALL_MANUAL.md)
  - [Docker Installation](installation/040_INSTALL_DOCKER.md)

### The InvokeAI Web Interface
- [WebUI overview](features/WEB.md)
- [WebUI hotkey reference guide](features/WEBUIHOTKEYS.md)
- [WebUI Unified Canvas for Img2Img, inpainting and outpainting](features/UNIFIED_CANVAS.md)

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### Image Management
- [Image2Image](features/IMG2IMG.md)
- [Adding custom styles and subjects](features/CONCEPTS.md)
- [Upscaling and Face Reconstruction](features/POSTPROCESS.md)
- [Other Features](features/OTHER.md)

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### Model Management
- [Installing](installation/050_INSTALLING_MODELS.md)
- [Model Merging](features/MODEL_MERGING.md)
- [ControlNet Models](features/CONTROLNET.md)
- [Style/Subject Concepts and Embeddings](features/CONCEPTS.md)
- [Watermarking and the Not Safe for Work (NSFW) Checker](features/WATERMARK+NSFW.md)
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### Prompt Engineering
- [Prompt Syntax](features/PROMPTS.md)

### InvokeAI Configuration
- [Guide to InvokeAI Runtime Settings](features/CONFIGURATION.md)
- [Database Maintenance and other Command Line Utilities](features/UTILITIES.md)

## :material-target: Troubleshooting

Please check out our **[:material-frequently-asked-questions:
FAQ](help/FAQ/)** to
get solutions for common installation problems and other issues.

## :octicons-repo-push-24: 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. 

[Please take a look at our Contribution documentation to learn more about contributing to InvokeAI. 
](contributing/CONTRIBUTING.md)

## :octicons-person-24: Contributors

This software is a combined effort of various people from across the world.
[Check out the list of all these amazing people](other/CONTRIBUTORS.md). We
thank them for their time, hard work and effort.

## :octicons-question-24: Support

For support, please use this repository's GitHub Issues tracking service. Feel
free to send me an email if you use and like the script.

Original portions of the software are Copyright (c) 2022-23
by [The InvokeAI Team](https://github.com/invoke-ai).