FLUX Kontext

FLUX.1 Kontext is a suite of generative flow matching models that allows you to generate and edit images with revolutionary in-context understanding. Unlike traditional text-to-image models, FLUX Kontext understands existing images and modifies them through simple text instructions—enabling instant editing without finetuning or complex workflows. The 12-billion parameter rectified flow transformer delivers seamless modifications that blend naturally with surrounding content, setting new standards in AI image editing and generation.

FLUX Kontext excels in five groundbreaking areas: First, in-context image generation allowing you to prompt with both text and images to seamlessly extract and modify visual concepts. Second, character consistency that precisely preserves identity across multiple scenes and environments without fine-tuning. Third, local editing that makes targeted modifications to specific image elements without affecting the rest. Fourth, style reference capabilities that generate novel scenes while maintaining unique styles from reference images. Fifth, advanced typography manipulation that blends text naturally into images with contextual understanding.

FLUX Kontext delivers industry-leading performance with inference speeds up to 8x faster than current leading models while achieving top performance on text editing and character preservation benchmarks. The model supports iterative multi-turn editing while maintaining consistency with minimal visual drift. FLUX.1 Kontext [dev], the 12B parameter version, is optimized to run on consumer hardware, while FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] handles complex scene transformations at breakthrough speeds. FLUX.1 Kontext [max] offers experimental improvements in prompt adherence and typography generation.

FLUX Kontext transforms creative workflows across diverse professional applications including character design and consistency for comics, animations, and sequential art; brand identity with precise character and style preservation across unlimited generations; advanced image editing for changing lighting, colorization, photo repair, and layout design; marketing materials requiring consistent visual elements across campaigns; product visualization with reference-based style transfer; and interactive creative workflows requiring rapid iteration and real-time feedback with minimal latency.

FLUX Kontext features revolutionary character consistency technology that preserves unique elements—such as a reference character or object—across multiple scenes and environments with perfect ID preservation. The model supports advanced multi-reference processing, allowing seamless integration of visual concepts from multiple source images. This enables professional applications like maintaining brand character consistency across unlimited generations, creating sequential content with consistent visual elements, and building comprehensive visual libraries with coherent style and character representation throughout.

FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] is available under the FLUX.1 [dev] Non-Commercial License for personal, scientific, and commercial uses within license constraints. The model can be deployed through multiple channels: GitHub repository (black-forest-labs/flux) for reference implementation, ComfyUI integration for workflow-based editing, Hugging Face Diffusers library for Python integration, and API access through platforms including bfl.ai, DataCrunch, fal, Replicate, Runware, and TogetherAI. FLUX Kontext [pro] and [max] are available through professional partners including KreaAI, Freepik, OpenArt, and the BFL Playground.

FLUX Kontext integrates sophisticated image editing capabilities beyond traditional generation including contextual understanding that transforms elements while preserving their relationship to the surrounding scene; knowledge-based generation leveraging semantic understanding for intelligent modifications; reference consistency maintenance across complex editing operations; seamless modifications using flow matching architecture; typography manipulation with natural text-image blending; local editing without masks for intuitive targeted modifications; and multi-turn iterative editing supporting professional creative workflows with minimal visual drift between successive edits.

FLUX Kontext employs cutting-edge technical architecture: 12-billion parameter rectified flow transformer for FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]; latent space image generation and editing system; flow matching techniques for seamless visual transitions; guidance distillation for improved performance and efficiency; multimodal capabilities supporting both text and image prompts simultaneously; unified architecture integrating generation and editing without separate fine-tuning; and high-performance deployment optimized for real-time applications. The model supports resolutions up to 4K and delivers consistent performance across diverse editing scenarios with minimal latency.