FLUX.1 Kontext
The model that made text-instruction photo editing popular.
FreeOpenRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Older ComfyUI editing workflows
- On your PC
- Some setup
- Works on
- Windows, Linux, Mac, API
- License
- FLUX.1 [dev] Non-Commercial (dev); pro and max are API only
What’s good
- Huge number of ComfyUI guides and add-ons
- Available as a model inside Photoshop
Downsides
- Outdated, far behind FLUX 3 Klein on both leaderboards
- Open dev model licensed non-commercial only
At a glance.
- Best for
- Older ComfyUI editing workflows
- Price
- Free, open source
- For developers
- $0.04 per image (pro), $0.08 (max)
- Version
- FLUX.1 Kontext (dev, pro, max)Released 2025-05
- Works on
- Windows, Linux, Mac, API
- Open source
- Yes, FLUX.1 [dev] Non-Commercial (dev); pro and max are API only
- Made by
- Black Forest Labs
- Website
- bfl.ai
How it ranks.
- LMArena Image Edit (Kontext pro)#56 · 11772026-11-05
- Artificial Analysis Image Editing Arena (Kontext pro)#66 · 9142026-11-05
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Some setup: download a model inside an app.
Use ComfyUI.
- You need
- NVIDIA card with 24 GB at full precision
- Setup
- Some setupDownload a model inside an app
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBToo small
- Mac, 32 GBToo small
- Mac, 64 GB+Too small
- PC, 8 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 12 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 16 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns