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Fooocus — User Guide

Minimal Stable Diffusion UI—great for beginners.

Strengths
  • Minimalist interface, just enter Prompt to generate
  • Automatically optimize parameters without manual adjustments
  • Based on SDXL, high quality generation
  • Completely free and open source, runs locally
  • Easy to install, one-click startup script
Best for
  • Getting Started Stable Diffusion
  • Quickly generate high-quality images
  • Users who don’t want to learn complex parameters
  • Local privacy image generation
  • Creative illustration and artistic creation

Installation and quick start

Fooocus's design philosophy is to "make AI image generation as simple as possible" and requires almost no configuration after installation.

Scenario

Windows one-click installation

Prompt example
Windows users:
1. Visit GitHub to download the latest Release
2. After unzipping, double-click run.bat
3. Run the automatic download model for the first time (about 7GB)
4. The browser automatically opens the interface

macOS/Linux:
git clone https://github.com/lllyasviel/Fooocus
cd Fooocus
pip install -r requirements_versions.txt
python entry_with_update.py
Output / what to expect
After the installation is completed, the interface is extremely simple. There is only one Prompt input box and a few basic options. Enter the description and click Generate.
Tips

The first run requires downloading an SDXL model of approximately 7GB, please ensure a smooth network and sufficient disk space.

Scenario

Generate the first picture

Prompt example
In the Fooocus interface:

Prompt (forward description):
"beautiful landscape, mountain lake at sunset,
golden hour, photorealistic, 8k"

Negative Prompt (negative description):
"ugly, blurry, low quality, watermark"

Click Generate and wait about 30-60 seconds
Output / what to expect
Generate high-quality landscape images, Fooocus automatically handles parameters such as the number of sampling steps and CFG. No need for manual adjustments to get good results.
Tips

Fooocus' automatic parameter optimization is a core feature, and the default settings produce good results in most cases.

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