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🚀 Stable Diffusion WebUI - Easy Setup Guide (Windows)

This guide helps you set up Stable Diffusion WebUI by AUTOMATIC1111 along with GFPGAN face restoration on a Windows machine using Git Bash.

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✅ Step-by-Step Installation Instructions

🔹 Step 1: Create Required Accounts

Before proceeding, create and log into your accounts on:

• GitHub
• Hugging Face

You’ll need a Hugging Face account to access model files like stable-diffusion-v1-4.

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🔹 Step 2: Install Git Bash

Download and install Git for Windows:

🔗 https://gitforwindows.org/

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🔹 Step 3: Create a Working Folder

Create a new folder in your C drive and name it:

C:\Ai

Copy the full path (right-click the folder > "Copy as path").

🔹 Step 4: Open Git Bash and Navigate

Launch Git Bash, and run this command to move into the Ai folder:

cd /c/Ai

(If your path has spaces or is different, enclose it in double quotes.)

🔹 Step 5: Clone Stable Diffusion WebUI Repo

Download AUTOMATIC1111’s WebUI from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui.git

🔹 Step 6: Download GFPGAN (Face Restoration Model)

Clone the GFPGAN repository:

git clone https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN

🔹 Step 7: Install Python 3.10.6

Download and install the exact version:

🔗 Python 3.10.6 Download

📌 Ensure you check “Add Python to PATH” during installation.

🔹 Step 8: Download Stable Diffusion v1-4 Checkpoint

Visit the model page on Hugging Face: 🔗 https://huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4

• Click “Access repository” and accept terms.

• Download the v1-4-pruned-emaonly.ckpt file.

🔹 Step 9: Organize Files

Move the GFPGAN folder into the stable-diffusion-webui directory:

C:\Ai\stable-diffusion-webui\GFPGAN

Move the v1-4-pruned-emaonly.ckpt file into:

C:\Ai\stable-diffusion-webui\models\Stable-diffusion

🔹 Step 10: Launch the WebUI

Go to your stable-diffusion-webui folder:

cd stable-diffusion-webui

Run the WebUI:

./webui.bat

Wait for it to complete setup and load. Once done, you’ll see a local URL like:

Running on local URL: http://127.0.0.1:7860

Open that URL in any browser. You're ready to generate AI images!

🎉 You're Done!

You now have Stable Diffusion WebUI running locally with support for:

• GFPGAN (face enhancement)

• v1-4 Stable Diffusion model

🛠️ Tips

To upgrade later, just run:

git pull

For additional models, place .ckpt or .safetensors files inside models/Stable-diffusion/.

📎 Resources

AUTOMATIC1111 WebUI

• GFPGAN

• Stable Diffusion v1-4