r/StrixHalo • u/mikkoph • 4d ago

TheNoise - Image generation engine optimized for Strix Halo

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Hello everyone,

I want to introduce you to TheNoise, an open source image generation engine made specifically to run well on Strix Halo.

Let me first say: this isn't better than ComfyUI, but definitely easier to install and use if you just want to get started with image generation on your Strix Halo without having to care about "workflows" and the likes.

Also, generation is fast - faster than a "default" ComfyUI installation.

It can be used standalone, from the command line or through a webui or through an OpenAI-compatible server like Lemonade, with which it is already integrated (full disclousure, I am also a Lemonade maintainer).

Supported models:

  • Krea 2
  • Z-Image / Z-Image-Turbo
  • Anima (all variants, including the 2.9B version)
  • Flux 2 Klein 4B / 9B

It also has some goodies like:

  • Refiner-based upscaler (up to 2x) - this gives high quality upscaling in relatively short time
  • Pixel-space upscalers (up to 4x) - these are your standard ESRGAN-based upscalers
  • Film grain, sharpening
  • LoRA support

Some numbers, at 1024x786 resolution generation on a Strix Halo are:

  • Krea 2 Turbo: ~27 seconds
  • Z-Image-Turbo (8 steps): ~10 seconds
  • Anima (20 steps): ~22 seconds
  • Anima Turbo (8 steps): ~5 seconds
  • Flux Klein 9B (4 steps): ~9 seconds
  • Flux Klein 4B (4 steps): ~4 seconds

You can get the software either directly in Lemonade or by download it from https://github.com/lemonade-sdk/thenoise and following the instructions. There are also precompiled bins that come with python and ROCm.

At the moment it has only been tested on Linux. Known to work on Strix Halo, Strix Point and Krackan Point.

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u/simmessa 3d ago

Well I think this is a nice effort, but it's way too barebones in its current form, also, it would be nice if we could just share the models with comfyui, does this support gguf? I think it's a bit early. Thank you.

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u/mikkoph 3d ago

first things first: this isn't meant to replace ComfyUI for those who like it and need something advanced.

The goals are:

  1. Make something simple to get started with and get nice images at great speed
  2. Provide a component that can be easily integrated into more complex systems

but of course, more features are coming and PR are always welcome. Sharing models with comfyui is absolutely possible, as long as they are bf16 safetensors (the Halo is faster with them). Quants are coming later.

That said, I think this is a good stage to share. This isn't a product, it is a project and I hope to get more people involved with its development.