{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e042de3f8b892c448d9f2e72","clusterId":"c_869c075763aee4d48bf53fc7","slug":"krea-2-image-generation-ai-goes-open-source-now-runs-locally-in-comfyui","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Krea 2 Image Generation AI Goes Open Source, Now Runs Locally in ComfyUI","summary":"AI development company Krea has open-sourced its image generation model Krea 2, releasing two 12-billion-parameter variants: Krea 2 Raw for fine-tuning and Krea 2 Turbo for fast inference. Both models are available under a community license that permits commercial use with conditions. Krea 2 Turbo is now usable in ComfyUI, and in blind human evaluations it scored higher than FLUX.2 on the Design Arena ranking.","whyItMatters":"An open-weight model that beats FLUX.2 in blind quality rankings and runs locally on consumer hardware gives creators a free, high-quality alternative to proprietary image generators.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKrea released the 12-billion-parameter Krea 2 Raw and Krea 2 Turbo on Hugging Face under the Krea 2 Community License, which allows commercial use with some restrictions. The Turbo variant has been fine-tuned and distilled for speed. In the Design Arena blind human evaluation, Krea 2 Turbo ranked higher than FLUX.2. The models total 17.8 GB and can be downloaded and run locally through ComfyUI, where a dedicated template handles text-to-image generation. GIGAZINE tested the model with prompts in Japanese and found it correctly rendered detailed instructions including text on a newspaper, hair gradients, and specific art styles such as watercolor, cel shading, and Van Gogh.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Krea 2 outscored FLUX.2 on the Design Arena ranking in blind tests. The license permits commercial use with conditions, which may shift how studios weigh open models against proprietary ones.","twitterPost":"Krea 2 outscored FLUX.2 in blind tests. Its commercial license gives studios a new option against proprietary models.","threadsPost":"Krea 2 beating FLUX.2 on Design Arena is the headline. The practical shift is the community license: commercial use is allowed with conditions, which could make studios rethink whether they need to pay for proprietary image generation when an open model performs competitively in blind tests.","newsletterBlurb":"Krea has open-sourced its Krea 2 image generation model. Two variants-Raw for fine-tuning and Turbo for fast inference-are available on Hugging Face under a community license. The model runs locally in ComfyUI and scored higher than FLUX.2 in blind human quality rankings.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20260624-krea-2-raw-turbo/\",\"title\":\"Image Generation AI 'Krea 2' Becomes Open Model, Now Locally Runnable: A Review of Generating Photorealistic and Illustration-Style Images with ComfyUI\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4646,"outputTokens":591,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782587546,"createdAt":"2026-06-27T19:07:57.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-27T19:10:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-27T19:10:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_869c075763aee4d48bf53fc7","canonicalTitle":"画像生成AI「Krea 2」がオープンモデル化されてローカル生成可能になったのでComfyUIで実写風画像とイラスト風画像を生成してみたよレビュー","representativeArticleId":"a_b3424765c07e0f7a92750a58","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"review\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-24T03:10:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-24T03:10:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-27T19:10:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20260624-krea-2-raw-turbo/","title":"画像生成AI「Krea 2」がオープンモデル化されてローカル生成可能になったのでComfyUIで実写風画像とイラスト風画像を生成してみたよレビュー"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Krea released two 12-billion-parameter variants of its Krea 2 image generation model on Hugging Face: Krea 2 Raw for fine-tuning and Krea 2 Turbo for fast inference.","In blind human evaluations on the Design Arena ranking, Krea 2 Turbo scored higher than FLUX.2.","The models total 17.8 GB and can be downloaded and run locally through ComfyUI, which includes a dedicated template for text-to-image generation.","Krea 2 is available under the Krea 2 Community License, which permits commercial use with some restrictions."]}