What is AI Horde?
AI Horde is a free, community-run service for generating images and text in a web browser. It uses computing power shared by volunteers, rather than requiring users to install software to generate images. The site also provides a gallery of generated pictures, where visitors can inspect the prompts and models behind them and try a prompt themselves. People building their own interfaces can use its REST API and related tools.
AI Horde Features:
Image Generation: Generate images using computing resources contributed by volunteers in the AI Horde community.
Text Generation: Use the service to generate text as well as images, with access available through the browser.
Browser Access: Start generating in a browser without installing software on your computer.
Prompt Gallery: Browse generated pictures, inspect the prompt behind each one, and use a prompt as a starting point.
Model Details: Gallery entries identify the model used to create each image, including examples such as AlbedoBase XL and Cheyenne.
REST API: Use the REST API, with related tools and graphical user interfaces available for building with the service.
Community Project: The service is open source and community run, with options to contribute by running a worker or donating.
AI Horde Benefits:
No Install Needed: Browser-based generation lets you try the service without setting up image-generation software on your own machine.
Free Access: The service is free to use, giving people a way to experiment with image and text generation without a listed usage fee.
Prompt Inspiration: Seeing finished images alongside their prompts can help you develop ideas for your own visual concepts.
Model Context: Knowing which model produced a gallery image gives you useful context when reviewing examples and adapting their prompts.
Room to Build: The REST API and related tools give developers a route to build their own ways of using the service.
Community Contribution: People who want to support the service can contribute computing resources by running a worker.
Use Cases:
Visual Concepting: Create exploratory images for a campaign, story, or product concept before deciding which direction to develop.
Prompt Exploration: Browse unusual generated scenes, examine how their prompts are written, and adapt an idea for a new image.
Model Review: Look through example images and their model names when deciding which visual approaches to investigate further.
Text Generation: Try the service when you need generated text alongside image-generation capabilities in a browser-based tool.
Browser Trial: Test image generation on a computer where you do not want to install dedicated software.
Custom Interfaces: Use the REST API and available tools as a starting point for building an interface around AI Horde.