How to Install and Use Stable Diffusion in 2024 FREE & LOCAL. Ultimate Quick Start Guide.

#aiart, #stablediffusiontutorial, #generativeart
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and run the latest Stable Diffusion models quickly with a FREE application called Stability Matrix. Available on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Stability Matrix is an open-source app that has all the best and most popular webUI packages under one roof. You can run A1111, Forge, Fooocus, and ComfyUI just to name a few. All packages are available for 1-click installation; no more manual install of Git and Python. Stability Matrix is free to install, it is local and private, it is loaded with quality-of-life features, and it is simple and intuitive to use. Whether you are brand new to Stable Diffusion or a seasoned pro, there is something for you in Stability Matrix.
For me, some of the really nice quality-of-life features of Stability Matrix are: (1) it will automatically check for UI updates and you can do a 1-click install for any UI package updates, (2) it will automatically check your Python dependencies for each UI package and update them as needed, (3) it embeds Git and Python dependencies such that they do not need to be globally installed for your UI packages to work, and therefore eliminating potential conflicts with other apps on your computer that might need to use a different version of Git or Python, (4) the Model / Checkpoint manager enables you to use your checkpoints, LoRAs, Textual Inversions, etc. across all UI packages thus saving you disk space and effort in trying to manage these files, and (5) the Model Browser allow you to import files directly from CivitAI and HuggingFace, and file them into the corresponding model folder depending on the model type.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Stability Matrix Overview
01:27 - Installing Stability Matrix
03:35 - Choose an Initial WebUI Package
05:56 - Choose an Initial Model or Checkpoint
08:51 - Launch Forge WebUI
10:52 - Menu option: Checkpoints
11:18 - How to import your existing Checkpoints and LoRAs
12:10 - How to import your existing Textual Inversions
12:50 - How to import your existing VAEs
14:00 - Installing A1111 and Enable Model Sharing (‘Symlink’)
15:25 - Comparing A1111 and Forge image generation speed
16:55 - Installing Fooocus UI
18:37 - Menu option: CivitAI Model Browser
19:49 - Importing a new Checkpoint from CivitAI Model Browser
21:56 - Menu option: Output Browser
23:14 - Launch Options
25:35 - Menu option: Inference
26:45 - Summary
Useful links:
Stability Matrix github:
github.com/LykosAI/StabilityM...
A1111 command line arguments:
github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stab...
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[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Stability Matrix has so many great features that it is impossible to cover everything in one video. Feel free to share in the comments what you like about Stability Matrix and which features have solved some pain points for you. Enjoy the video!

[@rexs2185]

Thanks for making this great tutorial! Stability Matrix makes getting up and running very straightforward!

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Yeah, Stability Matrix is great! Thanks for watching and happy creating!

[@hendryksommer]

Stability Matrix is a great tool - and the model management is great. Thanks for the detailed video!

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

It really is! Thanks for watching!

[@user-gl9qb3un6h]

Thank you for your work :) Good luck and good mood :)

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Thank you for watching! Cheers!

[@Daniel-um6gl]

amazing video, im up and running! I would appreciale a video about how to use negative prompts and samplinth methods

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Thanks for watching! I have an older video that goes into a lot of detail regarding some basic concepts, including Sampling methods: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJbMi2d3jdmdetU, the time stamps are 3:00 and 11:43 where I specifically call out sampling methods. I hope this is helpful for you.

[@cyberprompt]

I feel so dumb, i've been using png info and copy/paste.. although since dynamic prompts is now spitting out escaped text (if you don't use adetailer, otherwise it won't put in anything unless they fixed that) I have to convert it anyway.. so maybe not as dumb. Oh, thanks for this info btw. still watching but I have A1111 and Forge already and was wondering if this tool could do updates for many at once instead of command args and running update.bat respectively.

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Nah, any method to skin a cat is a fine way as long as at the end of the day said cat is skinned. =) To answer your question, yes, if there is an update for any of the installed package, Stability Matrix will find it and provide you with the 'Update' option right in the Packages tab. It is super easy. And you can do multiple updates, say for A1111 and Forge at the same time. Thanks for tuning in and for your continued support of this channel my friend! Cheers!

[@KristisGal]

It's very similar to Pinokio

[@FelipeGallego]

Hi! Before this, Itried to install SD the way you get Python ang Git and all the manual Process. It was good until I tried to install ControlNet and got an error several times i tried. Further I uninstalled averything and follow your tutorial, but i got the same error: ImportError: cannot import name 'Undefined' from 'pydantic.fields' (D:\0_MyAI_StableDiffusion\StabilityMatrix\Packages\stable-diffusion-webui-forge\venv\lib\site-packages\pydantic\fields.py) Stability Matrix couldn't launch the webui. Any solution? I haven't benn able to fix it

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

SD Forge has ControlNet Integrated in it, so you don't have to install ControlNet as an extension. You should probably delete the entire 'stable-diffusion-webui-forge' subfolder, then re-install the SD Forge package. Once you successfully launch the webUI, then you will see "ControlNet Integrated" when you scroll down a little bit. You will also want to go to Hugging Face to download any of the Control Net models that you want to use, link here: huggingface.co/lllyasviel/ControlNet-v1-1/tree/main. But the downloaded models in this directory: "Stability Matrix/Models/ControlNet". I hope this will help solve your problem. Good luck!

[@kristian5747]

HI, great video, can you tell me how to fixed failed installing stable diffusion package?

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Thanks! Probably the easiest way is to navigate to your Stability Matrix install folder, then go to 'Packages', then delete the entire folder of the package that you were trying to install, and try to install again. Hope this helps you solve the issue.

[@kristian5747]

@@KeyboardAlchemist it's works thank you!

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

@@kristian5747 You're welcome!

[@LouisGedo]

👋

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Thanks for watching!

[@AdventuresThroughTheMind]

PC only?

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

It's available for PC, Mac OS, and Linux.

[@AdventuresThroughTheMind]

@@KeyboardAlchemist Cheers

[@neetcoomer]

MidJourney is payed? Why would anybody do that? It's trash

[@KeyboardAlchemist]

Back about a year ago, MidJourney was producing better image results than SD, but nowadays I think SD has definitely caught up with all the latest developments. Exciting times!

[@neetcoomer]

@@KeyboardAlchemist Who cares? You can't make hentai or porn there, is useless