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apache-nifiInvokeAI
Score72/10082/100
Rank in category#1 of 8 in Data Pipeline#2 of 11 in Image Generation
GitHub stars6 27728 910
Stars, last 30 days+33+624
Stable releases, 12 months313
Latest releaserel/nifi-2.12.0 · 13 Sept 2026v6.14.2 · 27 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

InvokeAI scores 82/100 against 72/100 for apache-nifi, so it is the safer default.

InvokeAI ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for apache-nifi.

If you want the quickest setup, InvokeAI is easier to run; apache-nifi needs more configuration.

InvokeAI is growing faster right now (+624 stars in 30 days).

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