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Welcome to SD.Next

Step 1: Installation

• Get started with SD.Next by following the installation instructions
• For more details, check out advanced installation guide
• List and explanation of command line arguments
• Install walkthrough video

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And for platform specific information, check out
WSL | Intel Arc | DirectML | OpenVINO | ONNX & Olive | ZLUDA | AMD ROCm | MacOS | nVidia | Docker

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If you run into issues, check out FAQ and troubleshooting and debugging guides

Step 2: Experiment

SD.Next supports broad range of models: supported models and model specs

A good starting point is to use built-in Reference model list which includes a variety of models that will be auto-downloaded and configured on first access.

Additionally, you can either download your own models or use built-in CivitAI and HuggingFace models downloader.

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For additional model-specific information, check out
Stable Diffusion XL | Stable Diffusion 3.x | Stable Cascade | FLUX.1 | LCM

Step 3: Learn more

Guides and tutorials

• Getting started
• Overview of main features
• Frequently Asked Questions FAQ
• Prompting guide: what is the syntax and how to get the best results
• Networks interface overview and search
• What is LoRA and how to use it guide
• Control guide and overview: what is it and how to use it
• Styles guide: how to use them
• Wildcards how-to: use them to your advantage
• Reprocess workflows: why and how to use them
• XYZ grid how-to: expertiment with different parameters
• Image processing overview: postprocess your existing images
• Intro to IP Adapters: image guidance
• Work with models: validate, convert, download, etc.
• Overview of built-in scripts that provide additional functionality

Advanced model handling

Some models may require additional access checks before they can be used: Gated access
Learn how to optimize your environemnt: Performance tuning
Learn how you can manage your resources better:

• Memory offloading
• Model Quantization
• Model Compression

Overview of differnet compile/device settings impact on performance: Benchmarks

User interface

• Changing look & feel using themes
• List of keyboard shortcuts

Behind-the-scenes

If you want to use SD.Next via API or via CLI,
check out tools examples

If you want to understand more how Stable Diffusion works

• Diffusion Pipeline: How it Works
• List of Training Methods

And two available backend modes in SD.Next: Diffusers & Original

Step 4: Contribute

• Adding hints
• Building custom extensions
• Create user themes