X-Image
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The facts
Each one read from X-Image's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- API compatibility
- The REST API provides A1111-compatible endpoints for integration with existing tools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- includedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- The installer offers bare-metal systemd services or Docker Compose with GPU passthrough.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Generation and editing
- It supports text-to-image, image-to-image transformations, and inpainting specific image regions with a mask.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Generation modes
- The site describes text-to-image, image editing and style transfer capabilities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hardware requirements
- The repository lists an NVIDIA GPU with 6 GB VRAM for Q6_K or 4 GB for Q4_K, 12 GB RAM, and 15 GB free disk as minimum requirements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Image editing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Installation
- The maker offers a one-command installer that builds the software, downloads the models, and starts the services.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installer
- The site offers installation with the command `curl -fsSL https://get.x-image.app | bash`.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The REST API provides A1111-compatible endpoints for integration with existing tools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- The project provides a web UI, REST API and CLI for generating images.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Its Qwen3 text encoder supports prompts in English and Chinese.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Language support
- Its Qwen3-4B text encoder supports prompts in both Chinese and English without translation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository lists an Apache-2.0 license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model
- X-Image uses the 6B-parameter Z-Image-Turbo model, quantized to GGUF for inference.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model and license
- X-Image uses the 6B-parameter Z-Image-Turbo model, and its GitHub repository lists an Apache 2.0 license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model ranking
- The homepage claims Z-Image-Turbo ranks #4 on AI Arena among open-source image models.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Operating system
- The repository lists Linux as the supported operating system and says it was tested on Ubuntu 22.04+.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The site says generation runs entirely on the user's hardware, with no API keys, cloud dependency or subscription, and that images stay private.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- X-Image is a self-hosted application for AI image generation that runs on the user's hardware.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- X-Image is a self-hosted application for generating AI images on your own hardware.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Quality claim
- The homepage says Z-Image-Turbo ranks #4 on AI Arena among open-source image models.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reference images
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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