image AI tools
2 tracked image tools — 0 still running, 1 confirmed dead, 1 on life support and 0 absorbed into something else.
Dead, dying or absorbed (2)
Disco Diffusion
🔴Shutdown / DeadDisco Diffusion was a free Google Colab notebook by Somnai that combined CLIP-guided diffusion with a community-tuned UI, going viral in early 2022 and seeding the prompt-engineering culture later cemented by Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. Active development on the official notebook effectively stopped in late 2022 once Stable Diffusion released and consumed the open-source diffusion community. The notebook still loads but is years out of date and runs poorly on modern Colab runtimes.
Artbreeder
🟠Possibly DeadArtbreeder launched in 2018 as a GAN-based image remix tool where users mixed 'parent' images into new outputs. It grew a strong community of character designers and worldbuilders. The team shipped a 'Collager' and a diffusion-based 'Artbreeder Composer' in 2023, but the platform never matched Midjourney or Stable Diffusion on quality and traffic dropped sharply. The site still loads and the subscription remains for sale, but the changelog and social feeds have gone quiet.
Quick pricing overview
Pricing as last recorded. Always check the vendor page before buying.
| Tool | Status | Pricing model | Starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disco Diffusion | 🔴Shutdown / Dead | — | — |
| Artbreeder | 🟠Possibly Dead | — | — |