Fooocus is an AI tool for generating images from text prompts, built on Stable Diffusion and designed for users with minimal technical skills.
What you can do with Fooocus
Fooocus was created by the developer of ControlNet (a Stable Diffusion subsystem) and launched in 2023. It focuses on image quality and a simplified workflow.
- Generate images from text prompts
- Inpainting to edit specific details
- Presets for styles like anime and photorealism
- Style and output quality controls
- LoRA model support
- Automatic prompt processing with GPT-2
Compared to many alternatives, Fooocus reduces manual parameter tuning and aims to produce results in 1โ3 clicks.
Installation and requirements
Fooocus V2 is available as a local desktop install and as a web option via Google Colab. Local installation requires an NVIDIA GPU (30xx series recommended) and downloads about 10โ20 GB of models.
- Download the Fooocus archive from GitHub
- Unpack it to a folder
- Run run.bat on Windows
- Wait for model downloads
- Enter a text prompt, optionally choose a style, then click Generate
After installation, Fooocus is free to use offline and supports English plus partial Russian.


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