Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when a desktop workflow for supported Stable Diffusion models or the listed image-enhancement tools fits your task. The Replicate-backed generation feature requires a Replicate API key.
Who it is for
- People seeking a desktop interface for image generation with the models listed in the project README.
- Users who want documented image enhancement or prompt-refinement tools alongside generation.
- Delphi developers interested in compiling or adapting a FireMonkey AI desktop client.
Documented uses
- Generate images with supported Stable Diffusion models.
- Use image-to-image generation with models that support that workflow.
- Enhance prompts with the DistilGPT2 Stable Diffusion V2 model.
- Upscale images or apply face restoration using listed models and tools.
- Access Replicate image generation from within the client using a Replicate API key.
Requirements & limits
The Replicate REST image-generation integration requires a Replicate API key. The README describes Windows, macOS and Linux codebases but says the client is currently specifically set up for Windows.
- Image-to-image support applies only to a subset of models.
- The README says the application is currently specifically set up for Windows, despite describing a Windows, macOS and Linux codebase.
- Compiling the client requires Skia4Delphi.
- Replicate-backed image generation requires a Replicate API key.
- The repository is public and lists the MIT license.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Prepare the client for compilation
Set up the documented prerequisite for compiling the Delphi and FireMonkey desktop client.
Before you start
- Delphi development environment
- Skia4Delphi, which the project README lists as required to compile
Steps
Obtain the Stable Diffusion Desktop Client source from its GitHub repository.
Install or otherwise make Skia4Delphi available as the documented compilation prerequisite.
Use Delphi to compile the client; the README says it is currently specifically set up for Windows.
Expected outcome
The source and documented compile prerequisite are prepared for a Windows-focused Delphi build.
Guide limitations
- The README does not provide detailed installation or compilation commands.
- Although the codebase is described as targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux, it says the client is currently specifically set up for Windows.
- This guide covers setup for compilation, not a verified successful build or image-generation workflow.
Prepare Replicate image generation access
Obtain the documented credential prerequisite for using the client’s Replicate image-generation integration.
Before you start
- A Replicate account and API key; the README says an API key is needed to access this functionality
Steps
Sign up for a Replicate API key.
Have the key available for the client’s Replicate REST image-generation functionality.
Expected outcome
The documented API-key prerequisite is ready for the client’s Replicate image-generation feature.
Guide limitations
- This guide covers credential preparation only, not a completed generation.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 18 October 2026
- Original website title
- FMXExpress/Stable-Diffusion-Desktop-Client · Official homepage title · retained in its source language