Draw Things

Liuliu

On-device Stable Diffusion for Apple silicon: generate on iPhone and Mac without a cloud round-trip — Fooocus energy, but the GPU is already in your pocket.

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Overview

Draw Things is the reason a Neural Engine is not just a spec sheet: SD, ControlNet, LoRAs, on the phone, offline. LM Studio is the LLM cousin on the same silicon; this is the image one. Fooocus still wants a desktop NVIDIA story; Draw Things wants the device you already carry.

Thermal limits and model size are real. It will not replace a 4090. It will replace “I cannot generate until I get home.” For Apple-only artists, it is the local default.

Pros / Cons

Pros

Generation in the pocket, offline
Apple silicon instead of a tower GPU
ControlNet and LoRA without a cloud
No account, community core

Cons

Thermal and size limits versus a 4090
Apple-only
Not a team studio with seats

Who it's for

On-device SD while commuting

Private image gen that never hits a server

LoRA tests on a MacBook

Apple-only local craft without NVIDIA

Bottom line

Stable Diffusion in the pocket — the Apple-silicon local default, not a 4090 replacement.

Key Features

On-device SD on iOS and macOS

No cloud, no account required

ControlNet and LoRA on Apple silicon

Community / open core

Pocket GPU instead of a tower

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Frequently asked questions

What is Draw Things?

Draw Things is a Image Generation tool developed by Liuliu. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Open source. On-device Stable Diffusion for Apple silicon: generate on iPhone and Mac without a cloud round-trip — Fooocus energy, but the GPU is already in your pocket.

Is Draw Things free?

Yes — Draw Things is free to use.

Is Draw Things open source?

Yes — Draw Things is open source. The source code is publicly available at https://github.com/drawthingsai/draw-things-community.

What are the best alternatives to Draw Things?

Notable Image Generation alternatives include Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL·E 3. Browse all 4 tools in our Image Generation category for a full overview.

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