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Stable Diffusion WebUI (AUTOMATIC1111): the best Open Source alternative to Midjourney in 2026

AUTOMATIC1111's WebUI is the most popular interface for generating images with Stable Diffusion locally, with full control over models, LoRAs and extensions, with no generation limit.

License AGPL-3.0 ~145k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: AGPL-3.0
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Replaces: Midjourney
Tech stack: PythonPyTorch

Preview

Public image provided by Stable Diffusion WebUI (AUTOMATIC1111) on its own website.

Key features

Thousands of community extensions
Support for LoRAs and custom models
Full control over generation parameters

Stable Diffusion WebUI (AUTOMATIC1111) vs. Midjourney

Pros

No limit on generated images and no monthly subscription

Things to consider

Requires an NVIDIA GPU with enough VRAM

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  sd-webui:
    image: universonic/stable-diffusion-webui:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "7860:7860"
    volumes:
      - sd_webui_models:/app/models
    # Requiere GPU NVIDIA con soporte CUDA
    deploy:
      resources:
        reservations:
          devices:
            - driver: nvidia
              count: 1
              capabilities: [gpu]
volumes:
  sd_webui_models: