ByteDance: SDXL Lightning

bytedance/stable-diffusion-xl-lightning

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SDXL Lightning is ByteDance's distilled version of Stability AI's Stable Diffusion XL, built to produce high-quality 1024px images in as few as 1 to 8 diffusion steps instead of the dozens a standard SDXL run needs. It comes from a progressive adversarial diffusion distillation method described in ByteDance's SDXL-Lightning paper, which first trains on mean squared error loss across many timesteps and then adds an adversarial discriminator to sharpen detail as the step count drops.

ByteDance describes the 2-step, 4-step, and 8-step configurations as producing consistently good results, while the 1-step variant is more experimental and less stable. Served here through Cloudflare Workers AI, it suits use cases where generation speed and low latency matter more than squeezing out the highest possible fidelity, such as rapid prototyping or applications generating many images per request.

Cost Per Image $0.00

per generation

Configuration step

resolution

Release Date Feb 21, 2024

Code Example

Use SDXL Lightning in your app with the Puter.js AI API — no API keys or setup required.

// npm install @heyputer/puter.js
import { puter } from '@heyputer/puter.js';

puter.ai.txt2img("A serene mountain landscape at sunset", {
    model: "bytedance/stable-diffusion-xl-lightning"
}).then(image => {
    document.body.appendChild(image);
});

<html>
<body>
    <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
    <script>
        puter.ai.txt2img("A serene mountain landscape at sunset", {
            model: "bytedance/stable-diffusion-xl-lightning"
        }).then(image => {
            document.body.appendChild(image);
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use SDXL Lightning?

You can access SDXL Lightning by ByteDance through Puter.js AI API. Include the library in your web app or Node.js project and start making calls with just a few lines of JavaScript — no backend and no configuration required.

Is SDXL Lightning free?

SDXL Lightning is free to integrate using the Puter.js AI API. With the User-Pays Model, you can add AI to your app for $0, since users cover their own AI usage through their Puter account.

What is the pricing for SDXL Lightning?

SDXL Lightning costs $0.00 per image.

	Price
Per image	$0.00

Who created SDXL Lightning?

SDXL Lightning was created by ByteDance and released on Feb 21, 2024.

Does it work with React / Vue / Vanilla JS / Node / etc.?

Yes — the SDXL Lightning API works with any JavaScript framework, Node.js, or plain HTML through Puter.js. Just include the library and start building. See the documentation for more details.

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Developers can integrate SDXL Lightning for free using the Puter.js AI API.
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