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Why use FLUX.1 [dev] on fal API?
fal API offers FLUX.1 [dev] with competitive pricing. fal API is a developer platform for calling a large catalog of production-ready image, video, audio, vision, 3D, and multimodal generation models through a unified API surface.
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Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: fal-ai/flux/devfal-ai/flux/devRequest example
fal-ai/flux/dev.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "fal-ai/flux/dev", not the LLMReference slug "flux.1-dev".
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About FLUX.1 [dev]
FLUX.1 [dev] is Black Forest Labs' open-weight guidance-distilled text-to-image model, intended for research and non-commercial use. It delivers quality close to the commercial Pro variant while being fully accessible on HuggingFace. Requires 20–50 inference steps for optimal results. Released simultaneously with FLUX.1 [schnell] on August 1, 2024.
FAQ
What API model ID do I use for FLUX.1 [dev] on fal API?
Use the model ID fal-ai/flux/dev when calling fal API's API.
Who created FLUX.1 [dev]?
FLUX.1 [dev] was created by Black Forest Labs as part of the FLUX.1 model family.
Is FLUX.1 [dev] open source?
FLUX.1 [dev] has open weights under Noncommercial according to the seed data, but that does not necessarily mean an OSI-approved open-source license.