v0.1.0
A desktop app (Windows & macOS) for AI image generation — run models in the
cloud or locally on your own GPU, from one clean interface.
✨ Highlights
Two ways to generate
- ☁️ Cloud — generate on imference.com. Pay with an API key (credits) or
with x402 (USDC on Base) — switch anytime; the app shows the active
method's status and links you straight to its settings. - 💻 Local — install the engine in one click and run SDXL / Z-Image
models on your own GPU. The engine starts/stops on demand, so cloud-only users
spend no GPU/RAM.
Model catalog & parameters
- Live model catalog with per-model credit cost for cloud runs.
- Per-model parameters from the catalog: format/ratio, steps, CFG, seed,
editable quality tags (pre-prompt) + negative prompt. - Image-to-image in local mode.
Gallery
- Every generation is saved with its metadata (prompt, model, params, seed).
- Aspect-aware masonry with a fullscreen viewer, filters (model / engine
/ source), adjustable columns, infinite scroll, and delete.
Settings
- One tidy window with a side nav; changes save automatically.
- Per-engine machine tuning (device, VAE, offload…).
📥 Install
Windows
- Recommended:
imference-desktop-go-windows-amd64-installer.exe(installer), or
the portableimference-desktop-go-windows-amd64.exe. - Unsigned → SmartScreen may warn on first launch: More info → Run anyway.
macOS (universal — Intel & Apple Silicon)
- Open the
.dmg, drag Imference Desktop to Applications. - Unsigned/un-notarized → Gatekeeper blocks it on first open: right-click the
app → Open, or runxattr -cr "/Applications/Imference Desktop.app".
Verify downloads against checksums.txt (SHA-256) if you like.
🧩 Requirements
- Windows 10/11 (x64) — WebView2 runtime (bundled by the installer).
- macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon or Intel).
- Local generation: an NVIDIA GPU (CUDA 12.4) on Windows, or Apple Silicon
(MPS) on macOS. The one-click installer sets up an isolated Python environment;
each model is ~6–7 GB, downloaded on demand. - Cloud generation: an imference.com API key (credits) or a funded x402
wallet (USDC on Base).
⚠️ Notes
- Unsigned builds — SmartScreen / Gatekeeper prompts as above. Signing +
notarization are planned. - No in-app auto-update yet — grab new versions from the Releases page for
now (auto-update is coming next). - Windows is the most-tested platform; macOS is fresh — please report issues.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Publikey/imference-desktop/commits/v0.1.0