ERNIE-Image Turbo
Baidu's 8B image model — strong photorealism and composition, Apache-licensed. Runs 4-bit on the Apple GPU via MLX (downloads the full official weights, quantized at load).
What it costs
Free — downloads once, then runs on your own Mac with no per-image cost.
Where it runs
Downloads once and runs on your own Mac — no key, no account, no per-image cost.
Licence: Apache 2.0 · commercial OK