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Civitai
Community hub for Stable Diffusion models, LoRAs, and embeddings
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Best for
Best for power users running local Stable Diffusion who need access to thousands of community-trained LoRAs and checkpoints.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $5/mo
- Setup time
- < 1 day
- Learning curve
- medium
- Last verified
- 5/21/2026
What we love
- ✓Largest open-source model library by far
- ✓Strong community signals via ratings
- ✓Free downloads for local use
Where it falls short
- −Heavy NSFW content presence
- −Content moderation has been controversial
- −UI feels rough around the edges
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20263 tiers
Free
$0
forever
- ✓Browse and download
- ✓Limited daily generation credits
- ✓Community features
Supporter
$5
monthly
- ✓Extra credits
- ✓Faster queue
- ✓Supporter badge
Bronze
$10
monthly
- ✓More credits
- ✓Early model access
- ✓Priority generation
Why we picked it
Civitai is where the open-source image model community actually lives. The site has rough edges and adult content sections, but for fine-tuned LoRAs and specialized models, nothing else is close.
Overview
Civitai is the largest community repository of open-source Stable Diffusion models, LoRAs, embeddings, and checkpoints. Creators upload, version, and rate models. Generation runs in-browser with a credit system or via downloaded models locally.
Key features
- ●Tens of thousands of community-uploaded models
- ●LoRAs, embeddings, and full checkpoints
- ●In-browser generation with credit system
- ●Model rating, reviews, and version history
- ●Bounties for custom model training
- ●Direct download for local Stable Diffusion
- ●Showcase galleries per model
Best use cases
Find a specialized LoRA
Search for a fine-tuned model for a specific art style and download it for local ComfyUI
In-browser generation
Try a model before downloading by burning credits on the hosted generator
Integrations
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