Taesd is an open-source project built for developers.

Does Taesd have a free plan?

Yes — Taesd is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does Taesd run on?

Taesd runs on the web, the command line, and API.

Is Taesd still active?

Unverified. Taesd has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Taesd?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Mixture Of Diffusers, SwarmUI, and DGS Diffusion Space.

Taesd is developed by madebyollin.

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Taesd

Name: Taesd
Author: madebyollin

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TAESD (Tiny AutoEncoder for Stable Diffusion) is a very small model that shares the same latent space as Stable Diffusion's VAE. It enables fast, real-time previewing of the image generation process inside tools like diffusers. The repository provides safetensors weights for easy integration.

Open SourceMITWebCLIAPI

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954stars

54forks

3features

2023since

Overview

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Taesd is an Image generation project. It focuses on previewing Stable Diffusion image generation in real time without running the full VAE. It is built as an open-source project for developers. The project is open source (MIT). Taesd is available on the web, the command line, and API.

Behind Taesd is madebyollin, and it first shipped in 2023. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 954 stars. Key capabilities include Tiny Autoencoder, Real-time Preview, and Stable Diffusion Compatible.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tiny Autoencoder
Real-time Preview
Stable Diffusion Compatible

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

Runs on

BrowserCLIAPI-only

Detected from

AWS: x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy Policy Terms of Service Open SourceFree tierGitHub · ★ 954

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed21 Jul · 18:09 UTC
madebyollin/taesd verified against its public source
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Frequently asked questions about Taesd

What is Taesd?: Taesd focuses on previewing Stable Diffusion image generation in real time without running the full VAE. It is catalogued under Image generation on PulseGate.
Who is Taesd for?: Taesd is an open-source project built for developers.
Does Taesd have a free plan?: Yes — Taesd is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does Taesd run on?: Taesd runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Is Taesd still active?: Unverified. Taesd has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Taesd?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Mixture Of Diffusers, SwarmUI, and DGS Diffusion Space.Mixture Of Diffusers SwarmUI DGS Diffusion Space
Who develops Taesd?: Taesd is developed by madebyollin.
When did Taesd launch?: Taesd first shipped in 2023.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Cli · Web
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 954
License: MIT
Built for: developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Previewing Stable Diffusion image generation in real time without running the full VAE.

Registered as

GitHub: madebyollin/taesd
Hugging Face: madebyollin/taesd

Developer

madebyollin

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 954
Forks: 54
Open issues: 14
Last commit: 23 Jan 2026
Commits 90d: 0
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70.4
Indexed: 21 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 21 Jul 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: madebyollin-taesd-huggingface-co
Lifecycle state recorded: 21 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 21 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Derived from the model's own Hugging Face metadata.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 25 Jul 2026
Canonical URL: https://huggingface.co/madebyollin/taesd

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