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This Krita plugin adds image generation, inpainting, and outpainting to painting and editing workflows, with optional text prompts.
About AI Generation
AI Generation is a plugin that adds AI image generation to Krita for painting and editing workflows. It supports generation with optional text prompts, inpainting and outpainting, and controls such as selections, generation strength, region-specific prompts, and guidance from reference images, sketches, line art, and depth maps.
It uses ComfyUI as a backend and can run models locally or connect to an existing local or remote server, with cloud generation also available. It requires Krita 5.2.0 or newer on Windows, Linux, or macOS, and a graphics card with at least 6 GB VRAM (NVIDIA) is recommended; CPU-only operation is supported but very slow.
Key features
- Generate images in Krita with optional text prompts
- Inpaint selections to add, remove, or expand objects
- Interpret canvas in real time during live painting
- Upscale images to 4K, 8K and beyond
- Assign separate prompts to areas defined by layers
- Queue, cancel, and review past generations and prompts
Best for: Krita users who want to combine manual painting and editing with AI generation.
Good for
- Open source with support for custom presets and user-provided models
- Can run locally on user hardware with cloud generation also available
- Works within Krita workflows with selection and strength controls
Watch out for
- Local generation recommends NVIDIA GPU with at least 6 GB VRAM
- Generating without sufficient memory can be very slow or fail
- Requires Krita 5.2.0 or newer
AI Generation at a glance
- Category
- Design & Creative › Image Creation & Editing
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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AI Generation FAQ
What hardware is needed to run locally?
At least 6 GB VRAM on an NVIDIA GPU is recommended. AMD via ROCm, Intel via XPU, Apple Silicon via MPS on macOS 14+, and CPU are supported, but CPU use is very slow and insufficient memory can cause long generation times or failure.
How do I install the plugin?
Install Krita 5.2.0 or newer, download the plugin ZIP, import it via Tools > Scripts > Import Python Plugin from File, restart Krita, enable Settings > Dockers > AI Image Generation, then configure the server.
What backend does it use?
It uses ComfyUI as backend, with automatic local server installation or connection to an existing local server or remote server.
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