Diffuse is a Windows desktop UI for Huggingface Diffusers. It integrates directly with Python using the Python C API via CSnakes, enabling high-performance interop between .NET and Python for running diffusion models.

Features

Automatic installation of isolated portable Python
Device-specific Python virtual environments
Automatic model downloads from Huggingface repositories

Supported Pipelines

Z-Image

ZImagePipeline
ZImageImg2ImgPipeline

Qwen Image

QwenImagePipeline
QwenImageImg2ImgPipeline
QwenImageEditPlusPipeline

FLUX.1

FluxPipeline
FluxImg2ImgPipeline
FluxKontextPipeline
FluxControlNetPipeline

FLUX.2

Flux2Pipeline

Chroma

ChromaPipeline
ChromaImg2ImgPipeline

Wan Video

WanPipeline
WanImageToVideoPipeline

StableDiffusionXL

StableDiffusionXLPipeline
StableDiffusionXLImg2ImgPipeline
StableDiffusionXLControlNetPipeline
StableDiffusionXLControlNetImg2ImgPipeline

Installation

Download and extract Diffuse.zip
A fast SSD with plenty of free space is recommended, as model downloads can be large.
Run Diffuse.exe
Load a model
Diffuse will automatically:
- Install an isolated portable Python runtime
- Create the required virtual environment
- Download the selected model from Hugging Face

First-run notice

On first launch or when loading a model for the first time, setup may take several minutes while Python, dependencies, and model files are downloaded and initialized. This is expected behavior.

No manual Python setup is required.