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FLUX

Black Forest Labs

FLUX is an image generation model line from Black Forest Labs. The latest release is FLUX.2 (25 Nov 2025). This page tracks all 7 FLUX releases since 1 Aug 2024, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one. Official site →

FLUX.2

Partial weightsFreemiumOfficial APICommunity APISelf-hostConsumer app

New generation with unified generation and editing and multi-image input; variants Pro/Flex (closed), Dev (32B open), Klein (Apache 2.0 open)

License
Proprietary (Pro/Flex); open weights for Dev (32B) and Klein (Apache 2.0)
Availability
Official API, Community API, Self-host, Consumer app

FLUX.1 Krea [dev]

Open weightsFreeCommunity APISelf-host

Anti AI-look photorealism; distilled from Krea 1 (BFL and Krea); open weights for non-commercial use

License
FLUX.1 Dev Non-Commercial License
Commercial use
Restricted
Availability
Self-host, Community API

FLUX.1 Kontext

Partial weightsFreemiumOfficial APICommunity APISelf-hostConsumer app

In-context image editing with character and style consistency; Pro and Max closed API, Kontext [dev] open-weight (non-commercial) followed

License
Proprietary (Pro/Max); FLUX.1 Dev Non-Commercial (Kontext [dev])
Availability
Official API, Community API, Self-host, Consumer app

FLUX 1.1 [pro]

ClosedPaidOfficial APICommunity API

6x faster than FLUX.1 [pro]; improved image quality and prompt following

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Community API

FLUX.1 [pro]

ClosedPaidOfficial APICommunity API

Top-tier quality closed API; outperformed MJ v6 and SD3 on launch benchmarks

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Community API

FLUX.1 [dev]

Open weightsFreeCommunity APISelf-host

Open weights, non-commercial; distilled from [pro] with guidance distillation

License
FLUX-dev Non-Commercial License
Commercial use
Restricted
Availability
Self-host, Community API
Parameters
12B

FLUX.1 [schnell]

Open weightsFreeCommunity APISelf-host

Fastest variant; Apache 2.0 - fully open for commercial use; 4-step generation

License
Apache 2.0
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Self-host, Community API
Steps
1-4
Parameters
12B

See FLUX in context on the image model timeline, or browse all model families.