FLUXStrong
Black Forest Labs
Frontier open-weight-plus-hosted image generation/editing model family (FLUX.2), from FLUX's original creators.
BREAF's verdict
Why BREAF recommends (or doesn't) FLUX, the full guide, and the sources it was checked against are Premium.
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Free tier
No free hosted tier; open-weight Klein/Dev free to self-host
Commercial use
Restricted — check the license
Platforms
web, linux, windows
License
Mixed: Klein 4B Apache-2.0; Klein 9B/Dev Non-Commercial; pro/max/flex closed
First released
2024-08-01
API docs
Available
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