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AI · November 9, 2022

Draw Things, Stable Diffusion in your pocket, 100% offline

Hi, this is the first app in a while (probably 10 years) that I submitted to AppStore. I've done this app in 3 weeks, so there are a lot to be polished. The technology that enables this I discussed in depth in an accompanied blog post: https://liuliu.me/eyes/stretch-iphone-to-its-limit-a-2gib-mo... Some parts of it (or major parts) is also available at https://github.com/liuliu/swift-diffusion. I plan to port more stuff back to swift-diffusion and make a CLI tool out of it (it is a bit more work than the app because I need to consider CUDA…

Draw Things, Stable Diffusion in your pocket, 100% offline launched on November 9, 2022 with 15 votes, #1,179 of 3,471 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

In plain words

Draw Things is an iOS app that runs Stable Diffusion image generation entirely on-device without internet connection. It enables users to create AI-generated images directly on their iPhone by leveraging optimized machine learning models. The app is designed for anyone wanting to experiment with text-to-image generation on mobile, with the underlying technology also available as an open-source Swift framework for developers.

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From the sources

With Draw Things, you can bring your ideas to life in minutes, not days. Best of all, it’s completely free and runs offline on all devices to protect your privacy. Bring your ideas to life with powerful tools for every stage of creation. Create Dream Images: craft a simple prompt, and watch as your words materialize into images in just minutes. Animate with ease: Create engaging video clips straight from your images, no complex editing required. Unlimited Creative Space: Expand your canvas endlessly and fill any part of your image as you desire, with Infinite Canvas. Reimagine your image: Transform any photo into classic animation or countless other styles. Seamless image enhancement:…from draw.nnc.ai

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi, this is the first app in a while (probably 10 years) that I submitted to AppStore. I've done this app in 3 weeks, so there are a lot to be polished. The technology that enables this I discussed in depth in an accompanied blog post…

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