Stable Diffusion on a Mac M1 GPU with as little as 8gb of RAM

You can use InvokeAI

This version of Stable Diffusion features a slick WebGUI, an interactive command-line script that combines text2img and img2img functionality in a “dream bot” style interface, and multiple features and other enhancements. For more info, see the website link below.

This is a fork of CompVis/stable-diffusion, the open source text-to-image generator. It provides a streamlined process with various new features and options to aid the image generation process. It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux machines, with GPU cards with as little as 4 GB of RAM. It provides both a polished Web interface (see below), and an easy-to-use command-line interface.

https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI

A fork of InvokeAI

Go to lstein/stable-diffusion for all the best stuff and a stable release. This repository is my testing ground and it’s very likely that I’ve done something that will break it.

This is a fork of CompVis/stable-diffusion, the open source text-to-image generator. It provides a streamlined process with various new features and options to aid the image generation process. It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux machines, and runs on GPU cards with as little as 4 GB or RAM.

Note: This fork is rapidly evolving. Please use the Issues tab to report bugs and make feature requests. Be sure to use the provided templates. They will help aid diagnose issues faster.

https://github.com/magnusviri/stable-diffusion

Also, there is a howto guide (8/31/22) –

Run Stable Diffusion on your M1 Mac’s GPU

Prerequisites

  • A Mac with an M1 or M2 chip.
  • 16GB RAM or more. 8GB of RAM works, but it is extremely slow.
  • macOS 12.3 or higher.