# Stable Diffusion XL Base 1.0

- id: src_01M569CCJK6BRQQT8VY05S9QFX
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T05 · tags: sdxl, text-to-image, base-model, open-rail, refiner, ecosystem-foundation, level:established
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:17:54.121Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569CCJK6BRQQT8VY05S9QFX

Source: https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Widely supported latent-diffusion base model (about 3B parameters, two text encoders) underpinning a large ecosystem of ControlNets, IP-Adapters, LoRAs and inpainting/upscaling pipelines. Useful as the compatibility baseline when checking whether a control or identity adapter exists for a given model family.",
  "source_type": "model",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [
    "diffusers>=0.19.0",
    "transformers",
    "safetensors",
    "accelerate",
    "invisible_watermark"
  ],
  "source_owner": "Stability AI",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": "Model card suggests CPU offloading for limited VRAM and notes torch.compile (about 20-30% speedup claimed by the card); no VRAM numbers.",
  "known_limitations": [
    "Older generation: weaker text rendering and compositional prompt following than newer open models.",
    "Card text ('research purposes only') and license grant are inconsistent in tone; use the license text."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2023-10-30T16:03:47.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Latent diffusion model with two frozen text encoders (OpenCLIP-ViT/G and CLIP-ViT/L), about 3B parameters, used via StableDiffusionXLPipeline (diffusers 0.19.0+); designed as an ensemble of experts with a separate refiner but usable alone. · source: https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0
- [sourced_fact] Model card limitations: no perfect photorealism, cannot render legible text, struggles with compositional prompts, faces and people may not generate properly, lossy autoencoder. · source: https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0
- [sourced_fact] License is CreativeML Open RAIL++-M: grants worldwide royalty-free license to reproduce, modify, sublicense and distribute the model and derivatives (hosting as a service permitted), with Attachment A use restrictions that must be passed downstream. · source: https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0/blob/main/LICENSE.md
- [inference] The model card's Intended Use text says the model is 'for research purposes only', which reads differently from the license grant; the license text itself permits commercial use subject to Attachment A. · source: https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- model_weights: license=CreativeML-OpenRAIL++-M hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=restricted training=unknown · Per license text: commercial use, redistribution and modification allowed with Attachment A use restrictions passed on to downstream users and modified-file notices. Use of outputs or the model to train other models was not analysed in the fetched summary; marked unknown. · evidence: https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0/blob/main/LICENSE.md

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