Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when you want a repository-based starting point for serving Stable Diffusion through Triton on a self-managed, GPU-enabled environment.
Who it is for
- Developers setting up self-hosted Stable Diffusion inference.
- Teams using Docker and NVIDIA Triton to serve ONNX models.
- Practitioners exploring a TensorRT conversion path for Triton-based inference.
Documented uses
- Build a Docker image containing the Triton serving setup.
- Mount Stable Diffusion model files into a Triton model repository and start the server.
- Use a Triton client notebook to send inference requests.
- Explore converting models for use with the documented serving approach.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and lists an Apache-2.0 license. The documented deployment is self-hosted and uses Docker; no hosted service is described.
- The example model is Stable Diffusion v1.4 in ONNX format and is fetched from Hugging Face using Git LFS.
- The documented container command requests NVIDIA GPU access and sets shared memory to 16384 MB.
- The README points to a branch for TensorRT conversion but provides no performance results or cross-hardware compatibility guarantees.
- Replacing the model with another ONNX model is marked Likely compatible, with suitable Triton configuration and preprocessing potentially required.
- Using the documented TensorRT conversion path is marked Verified; this describes the stated path, not a performance or hardware guarantee.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Build and start the documented ONNX Triton server
Set up the repository's Stable Diffusion v1.4 ONNX model in a Dockerized Triton server.
Before you start
- Docker
- A Linux or server environment with NVIDIA GPU access, as indicated by the documented Docker run command
- Git and Git LFS
- The Hugging Face model repository kamalkraj/stable-diffusion-v1-4-onnx
Steps
Clone the project repository and the Hugging Face ONNX model repository, after installing Git LFS.
Extract models.tar.gz in the model repository.
Build the Docker image with the repository's Dockerfile.
Run the container with GPU access, the documented ports and shared-memory setting, mounting the model directory at /models and starting Triton with that model repository.
Expected outcome
A Triton server is started with the mounted Stable Diffusion model repository.
Guide limitations
- The instructions require GPU access and specify a 16 GB shared-memory setting.
- The guide documents server startup, not measured performance or hardware compatibility.
Send inference requests with the notebook client
Use the repository's notebook to make inference requests to Triton.
Before you start
- A running Triton server configured with the model
- Python and pip
- The repository's Inference.ipynb notebook
Steps
Install the HTTP-enabled Triton client with pip install "tritonclient[http]".
Run the repository's inference notebook to submit requests.
Expected outcome
The notebook provides the documented client path for requesting model inference from Triton.
Guide limitations
- The README does not specify notebook inputs or output-handling details.
Compare options for Model inference and serving
These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.
| Project | Documented purpose | Platform | Access and requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Diffusion Tritonserver | Build a Docker image containing the Triton serving setup. | Docker, Linux, Self-hosted, Server | The repository is public and lists an Apache-2.0 license. The documented deployment is self-hosted and uses Docker; no hosted service is described. |
| Morphingdb | Import a libtorch model and create predictions from values in a PostgreSQL table. | Docker, Linux, Self-hosted, Server | The README documents a Docker image and a build-from-repository option, followed by connecting to PostgreSQL and enabling the pgdl extension. |
| Gateway — pyadav | Send chat-completion requests to a provider through a common server endpoint. | Server | The repository is public and identifies the project as Apache-2.0 licensed. README installation instructions include binaries, platform package managers and Docker. |
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 17 October 2026
- Original website title
- kamalkraj/stable-diffusion-tritonserver · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

