Release 0.13.0

MFLUX v.0.13.0 Release Notes

🎨 New Model Support

• Z-Image Turbo Support: Added support for Z-Image Turbo, a fast distilled Z-Image variant optimized for speed
• New command: mflux-generate-z-image-turbo for rapid image generation (with LoRA support, img2img, and quantization)

✨ New Features

• FIBO VLM Quantization Support: The FIBO VLM commands (mflux-fibo-inspire, mflux-fibo-refine) now support quantization via the -q flag (3, 4, 5, 6, or 8-bit)

• Unified --model argument: The --model flag now accepts local paths, HuggingFace repos, or predefined model names

  • Local paths: --model /Users/me/models/fibo-4bit or --model ~/my-model
  • HuggingFace repos: --model briaai/Fibo-mlx-4bit
  • Predefined names: --model dev, --model schnell, --model fibo
  • This mirrors how LoRA paths work for a consistent UX

• Scale Factor Dimensions for Img2Img: Generalized the scale factor feature (e.g., 2x, 0.5x, auto) from upscaling to all img2img commands

  • Specify output dimensions relative to input image: --width 2x --height 2x
  • Use auto to match input image dimensions: --width auto --height auto
  • Mix scale factors with absolute values: --width 2x --height 512
  • Supported in: mflux-generate, mflux-generate-z-image-turbo, mflux-generate-fibo, mflux-generate-kontext, mflux-generate-qwen

• DimensionResolver utility: New DimensionResolver.resolve() for consistent dimension handling across commands

🔧 Architecture Improvements

• Unified Resolution System: New resolution/ module for consistent parameter resolution across all models
  • PathResolution: Resolves model paths from local paths, HuggingFace repos, or predefined names
  • LoRAResolution: Handles LoRA path resolution from all supported formats
  • ConfigResolution: Centralizes configuration resolution logic
  • QuantizationResolution: Determines quantization from saved models or CLI args
• Unified Weight Loading System: Complete rewrite of weight handling with declarative mappings
  • New WeightLoader with single load(model_path) interface
  • WeightDefinition classes define model structure per model family
  • WeightMapping declarative mappings replace imperative weight handlers
  • Removed all per-model weight_handler_*.py files in favor of unified system
• Unified Tokenizer System: New common tokenizer module
  • TokenizerLoader.load_all() with unified model_path interface
  • Removed model-specific tokenizer handlers (clip_tokenizer.py, t5_tokenizer.py, etc.)
• Unified LoRA API: Simplified LoRA loading to a single lora_paths parameter
  • All LoRA formats now resolved through LoRALibrary.resolve_paths():
    • Local paths: /path/to/lora.safetensors
    • Registry names: my-lora (from LORA_LIBRARY_PATH)
    • HuggingFace repos: author/model
    • New: HuggingFace collections: repo_id:filename.safetensors
  • Simplified model initialization: just pass lora_paths and everything resolves automatically
• Unified Latent Creator Interface: Standardized unpack_latents(latents, height, width) signature across all model families
  • FluxLatentCreator, ZImageLatentCreator, FiboLatentCreator, and QwenLatentCreator now share the same interface
  • Moved FIBO._unpack_latents to FiboLatentCreator.unpack_latents for consistency
• StepwiseHandler Refactor: Fixed StepwiseHandler to work with all model types by accepting a latent_creator parameter
  • Previously hardcoded to FluxLatentCreator, now model-agnostic
  • Each command passes its appropriate latent creator to CallbackManager.register_callbacks()
• CLI Reorganization: Moved CLI entry points to model-specific directories (e.g., mflux/models/flux/cli/)

🔄 Breaking Changes

• Simplified generate_image() API (programmatic users only):
  • Removed Config class - parameters are now passed directly to generate_image()
  • Removed RuntimeConfig class - internal complexity eliminated
  • Added Flux1 export to main mflux module for cleaner imports
• LoRA API simplified (programmatic users only):
  • Removed lora_names and lora_repo_id parameters from all model classes (Flux1, QwenImage, QwenImageEdit, etc.)
  • Removed --lora-name and --lora-repo-id CLI arguments
  • Removed LoRAHuggingFaceDownloader class

🔄 Breaking Changes (CLI)

• --path flag removed: The deprecated --path flag for loading models has been removed. Use --model instead for local paths, HuggingFace repos, or predefined model names.

📦 Dependency Updates

• Updated huggingface-hub from >=0.24.5,<1.0 to >=1.1.6,<2.0
  • v1.1.6 includes fix for incomplete file listing in snapshot_download which could cause cache corruption
  • Removed explicit accelerate and filelock dependencies (pulled in as transitive dependencies)
• Updated transformers from >=4.57,<5.0 to >=5.0.0rc0,<6.0
  • Required for huggingface-hub 1.x compatibility
  • Added workaround for Qwen2Tokenizer bug in transformers 5.0.0rc0 where vocab/merges files are not loaded correctly via from_pretrained()

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Qwen empty negative prompt crash: Fixed crash when running Qwen models without a --negative-prompt argument. Empty prompts now use a space as fallback to ensure valid tokenization.

• --model flag not working: Fixed bug where the --model argument wasn't being used for loading models from HuggingFace or local paths. All CLI commands now correctly use --model for model path resolution.

• Model Saving Index File: Fixed issue where locally saved models (via mflux-save) would fail to load when uploaded to HuggingFace, due to missing model.safetensors.index.json. The model saver now generates this index file alongside the safetensor shards, ensuring compatibility with both mflux and standard HuggingFace loading paths. (see #285)

🧪 Test Infrastructure

• Test markers: Added fast and slow pytest markers to categorize tests
  • Fast tests: Unit tests that don't generate images (parsers, schedulers, resolution, utilities)
  • Slow tests: Integration tests that generate actual images and compare to references
• New Makefile targets:
  • make test-fast - Run fast tests only (quick feedback during development)
  • make test-slow - Run slow tests only (image generation tests)
  • make test - Run all tests (unchanged)
• Run specific test categories: pytest -m fast or pytest -m slow
• GitHub Actions CI: Fast tests now run automatically on PRs and pushes to main

🔧 Internal Changes

• Simplified WeightLoader.load() to take a single model_path parameter instead of separate repo_id and local_path
• Simplified TokenizerLoader.load_all() with the same unified model_path interface
• Renamed local_path parameter to model_path in all model constructors for clarity
• Removed quantization_util.py - quantization now handled through QuantizationResolution
• Removed lora_huggingface_downloader.py - downloading integrated into LoRAResolution
• Added comprehensive test coverage for resolution modules

👩‍💻 Contributors

• Filip Strand (@filipstrand): Z-Image Turbo support, architecture improvements, core development

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