Open-source Kokon 0.12 cuts image objects into layers and exports PSD, powered by Qwen-Image

Ok-Director4174 · reddit · 2026-11-05

Kokon, a free open-source desktop app built on Qwen-Image 2.1 Turbo (8 steps), shipped v0.11/0.12 with an experimental "Layers lab":

Click objects to cut them onto separate layers; the same edit model repaints the background behind them so moves leave no holes. Move/scale/hide layers, Expand objects cropped by the frame, and export a PSD (Photoshop/GIMP/Photopea). "Blend into scene" redraws shadows and reflections after moves
Honest limitations: removing large people sometimes paints a different person; crowds can merge or shatter; occluded regions aren't completed; blending all objects at once works best
0.12 also adds paint-by-color multi-edits, one-click Select, Prompt+ (Qwen3-VL encoder) for brushed areas, and EU AI Act metadata + invisible watermarking
0.11 added phone/LAN browser use, Docker, headless Linux, and a native Apple Silicon engine — about a minute per 1 MP image on M2 Pro, 29 s on M5 Pro using neural accelerators (4x faster)

Repainting behind one object takes 15–25 s on an RTX 5070 Ti. Runs fully locally, AGPL; Qwen weights are non-commercial.

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