GPT-Image-style photo editing on your own GPU (12 GB+): I built a zero-setup app for Qwen-Image 2.1 on stable-diffusion.cpp

Every local setup I tried for Qwen-Image 2.1 meant a Python env, a node graph and an evening of picking quantization, offloading and resolution for my card. Kokon is a free, open-source desktop app that does all of that for you and gives you a plain photo editor on top. Zero setup: first run

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Every local setup I tried for Qwen-Image 2.1 meant a Python env, a node graph and an evening of picking quantization, offloading and resolution for my card. Kokon is a free, open-source desktop app that does all of that for you and gives you a plain photo editor on top. Zero setup: first run