SDXL (Stable Diffusion XL) is Stability AI’s widely deployed open text-to-image diffusion generation preceding SD3, with official model cards and Stability documentation describing base and refiner workflows.
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SDXL
Stability AI · Stable Diffusion family · Image
Intelligence Summary
Model- Model intelligence
- Developer Stability AI
- Family Stable Diffusion
- Modalities Image
- API Stability API and self-host.
- Licensing CreativeML Open RAIL++-M / Stability license variants—confirm per card.
- Deployment API and self-host.
- Documentation Official docs
- Last reviewed Jul 2026
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Editorial overview
Capabilities
- Text-to-image generation
- Open-weight community fine-tunes common in the ecosystem
API availability
Stability API and self-host.
Deployment options
API and self-host.
Limitations
- License and safety constraints differ by distribution
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