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Stable Diffusion 2.1

A Hugging Face community member, John6666, created a working Space to revive Stable Diffusion 2.1, which users miss for its unique aesthetic and creative freedom. The Space, available at huggingface.co/spaces/John6666/sd21_zero, can be duplicated for GPU use, with CPU Spaces too slow for image generation. Users are willing to pay for hosting to bring back the original model.

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Stable Diffusion 2.1
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eljule 1 Dear Stable Diffusion community, model trainers, and developers,

I really miss the original Stable Diffusion 2.1 It had a unique aesthetic, color handling, and creative freedom, and many results felt more artistic and less “polished” compared to newer versions.

Would anyone be willing to bring back, restore, or recreate a clean, unfiltered version of SD 2.1 — ideally close to the original release? I’d be incredibly grateful, and I know others in the community feel the same.

Thank you so much for all the amazing work you do!

Hmm… I don’t know about online usage options for these models…

Of course, paid hosting is possible…

But I don’t know about existing ones.

I am in the same boat, really hoping to revive SD 2.1 somehow. I am willing to pay the cost of hosting, but would like how to go about doing that. Anybody know how?

So I’ve created a working version of Spaces for now. https://huggingface.co/spaces/John6666/sd21_zero

(Screenshot on Zero GPU) However, the CPU Spaces are too slow to be useful for image generation, so please duplicate and use either Zero GPU Spaces (up to 10 simultaneous instances with a $9/month subscription), GPU Spaces (pay-as-you-go), or locally (depending on your GPU).

eljule 8 I missed the moment when this was released; I’m willing to pay if you launch it again. Or do you need more interested people?

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