High-Performance CLI for Image Generation
3unjee · reddit · 2026-07-10
The author is developing a command-line tool called turboCLI designed to generate images from the terminal as quickly as possible. It supports serial or server modes, can utilize off-the-shelf models, and allows saving models in specific dtypes to speed up loading.
Key technical highlights include porting ComfyUI's RAM/VRAM offloading strategy and building a custom backend to ensure compatibility across CPU, CUDA, and Apple MPS. Model engines are defined via "recipes," making it easy to integrate new models or LoRA variants.
The author is looking for beta testers, especially those with low-spec hardware, to help troubleshoot runtime and performance issues, and also requests code reviews for another custom offloader repository.
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