Invokeai

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

InvokeAI is an enterprise-grade Stable Diffusion UI — built by Invoke Inc. (commercial company) but with a fully open-source core. Where A1111 is the community workshop and ComfyUI is the graph editor, InvokeAI is the professional canvas designed for studios that need a managed, multi-user, production-grade SD setup.

Think Photoshop for AI image generation.

What it's for

  • Unified Canvas — paint on a canvas, AI fills in (layered editing with masking)
  • Workflows tab — node-graph (similar to ComfyUI but inside the studio app)
  • Queue Manager — batch jobs visible, prioritizable
  • Models Library — install/manage SD checkpoints with metadata
  • Multi-user — accounts system for studio teams
  • Boards — organize outputs into named projects
  • Image history — never lose a generation, full prompt + settings preserved

Who it's for

  • Professional studios producing AI art commercially
  • Creative agencies with multiple team members sharing a SD setup
  • Designers who want Photoshop-like canvas workflows for AI
  • Enterprises evaluating self-hosted SD for compliance reasons
  • Hosting providers selling managed SD to design studios

Why teams pick InvokeAI over alternatives

  • Apache 2.0 — fully open, commercial-friendly
  • Best canvas experience — A1111's inpainting feels primitive in comparison
  • Production-grade UX — designed for daily professional use
  • Multi-user out of box — accounts, boards, per-user settings
  • Active commercial backing — Invoke Inc. funds development
  • Model Manager — visual model install/uninstall (no command line)
  • Settings persistence — UI state restored across sessions

Integrations

  • ControlNet — full preprocessor + model support
  • LoRA management — drag-drop install + auto-detect triggers
  • HF model search — install from HuggingFace inside UI
  • CivitAI — direct download integration
  • Workflows API — REST endpoints for automation
  • Reverse proxy — HTTPS + auth recommended for production
  • OIDC — auth via external IdP (planned/community)
  • Multi-GPU — assign workflows to specific GPUs

Notable users & community

  • 27k+ GitHub stars
  • Commercial backing (Invoke Inc., Y Combinator W23)
  • Used by professional studios, ad agencies, game studios
  • Active Discord with 20k+ members
  • Distinct product positioning vs A1111 (professional vs hacker)

Tips & operations

  • Resource planning: 8GB VRAM minimum, 12-16GB for SDXL canvas work
  • Model Manager: install models from URL or HF directly in UI
  • Boards: organize per-project, easy to find historical generations
  • Workflows: build once, save, batch-execute
  • Persistent root: /invokeai mount preserves all state
  • Multi-user: configure invokeai.yaml for production deployments
  • Backups: postgres-free architecture (uses SQLite) — backup = copy /invokeai/databases

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker (ghcr.io/invoke-ai/invokeai:latest) with NVIDIA runtime
  • INVOKEAI_ROOT mounted to /opt/invokeai persistent host volume
  • Port 9090 mapped, --host 0.0.0.0 configured
  • Install report at /root/bluixapps/invokeai.txt
  • Production hardening (auth, reverse proxy, HTTPS) documented
  • Backup hook covers models + outputs + databases + boards
  • GPU pre-flight check via bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime
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