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# FLUX

> Launchelion is a daily leaderboard of newly-launched AI tools: real launch dates, one-vote-per-signed-in-account-per-day community upvotes, and — when a maker connects Stripe — verified monthly revenue instead of invented traction.

Canonical HTML: https://launchelion.com/tools/flux
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Agent map: https://launchelion.com/llms.txt · OpenAPI: https://launchelion.com/openapi.json · MCP: https://launchelion.com/api/mcp/mcp

Text-to-image and prompt-based editing, weights included

Category: Images
Product URL: https://bfl.ai
Launch date: 2024-08-01

## Description

Black Forest Labs shipped FLUX with open weights on release day, so anyone can run the model locally instead of only calling a hosted endpoint. A separate API covers text-to-image generation and editing an existing picture from a prompt. Live since August 2024.

Listing page: https://launchelion.com/tools/flux