Custom AI Image Generation - Tech Stack Overview
Core AI Stack
- Base Model: Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL) - Foundation diffusion model for high-res image synthesis
- Fine-tuning Framework: LoRA / DreamBooth via Kohya SS - Lightweight fine-tuning for style or
subject-specific generation
- Model Serving: Hugging Face Diffusers + PyTorch - For efficient inference and pipeline customization
- Text Encoder: OpenCLIP ViT-H/14 - Converts textual prompts into embeddings
- Image Decoder: VAE (Variational Autoencoder) - Converts latent representations back to pixel space
Infrastructure & Backend
- Inference Backend: FastAPI / Flask - API for generating and serving images
- Task Orchestration: Celery + Redis - For managing concurrent image generation jobs
- Storage: Supabase Storage / AWS S3 - To store generated images & metadata
- Database: PostgreSQL - User prompts, generation logs, fine-tune info
- GPU Hosting: RunPod / LambdaLabs / [Link] - Cloud GPU for model inference
- Containerization: Docker - Makes deployment reproducible and scalable
Frontend & Dashboard
- Web Frontend: [Link] + Tailwind CSS - Prompt interface + generation gallery
- Realtime Updates: Supabase Realtime / WebSockets - Show progress live
- Auth & User Management: Supabase Auth - Simple user control
- UI Components: shadcn/ui - Modern aesthetic with minimal setup
Optional Enhancements
- ControlNet: Canny / Depth / Pose models - Add more control over composition
- IP-Adapter: Image-based prompt conditioning - Generate variations inspired by a reference image
- Image Upscaling: Real-ESRGAN / SwinIR - For HD output
- Prompt Enhancement: Gemini API / GPT-4-turbo - Auto-refines user prompts for better generations
- Content Filtering: CLIP-based safety checker - Ensure outputs meet brand or compliance needs
Deployment Options
- Option 1: Hugging Face Space / Replicate - Lightweight demo hosting
- Option 2: RunPod / DigitalOcean / GCP Vertex AI - Production GPU container deployment
- Option 3: Supabase + Redis + FastAPI - Integrated enterprise setup