FLUX 3 Image Klein
The newest open FLUX, small enough for 8 GB cards.
Best on your computerFreeOpenRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Good images on your own PC
- On your PC
- Some setup
- Works on
- Windows, Linux, Mac, API
- License
- FLUX Kommunity License v1.0
What’s good
- Ties for best open model on Artificial Analysis
- Runs on 8 GB graphics cards (INT8 version)
- Also edits photos using up to 10 references
Downsides
- Companies over $5M revenue need a paid license
- Maker warns text in images can be inaccurate
- License requires a content filter when you deploy it
At a glance.
- Best for
- Good images on your own PC
- Price
- Free, open source
- For developers
- $0.009 per 1K image, $0.014 per 2K
- Version
- FLUX 3 Image Klein (5.6B)Released 2026-10
- Works on
- Windows, Linux, Mac, API
- Open source
- Yes, FLUX Kommunity License v1.0
- Made by
- Black Forest Labs
- Website
- huggingface.co
How it ranks.
- Artificial Analysis Text to Image Arena#22 · 10432026-11-05
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Some setup: download a model inside an app.
Use ComfyUI, Draw Things.
- You need
- NVIDIA card with 8 GB (INT8 version); Macs via Draw Things
- Setup
- Some setupDownload a model inside an app
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBRuns
- Mac, 32 GBRuns
- Mac, 64 GB+Runs
- PC, 8 GB GPURuns
- PC, 12 GB GPURuns
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns