Model reference · open weights
Qwen-Image-Lightning is an open-weight image model from lightx2v, listed in the AxForge catalogue. AxForge can bring it up on EU-owned hardware for you on request — with the licence handled where one is required.
About
Please refer to Qwen-Image-Lightning github to learn how to use the models. use with diffusers 🧨: make sure to install diffusers from main (pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers.git)
Summarised from the published model card. Read the full card on the HuggingFace links below.
Specifications
| Maker | lightx2v |
|---|---|
| Type | Image models |
| Variants | 1 |
| Runs with | diffusers |
| Based on | Qwen/Qwen-Image |
| Released | 2025-08-09 |
| Popularity | 443k downloads / month |
| Likes | 822 |
| Licence | Open weights |
How it works
Variants
Open weights ship in several sizes and precisions. One page, all the variants — pick the one that fits your GPU. VRAM figures are estimates from model size.
| Variant | Params | Precision | VRAM | Fits 16 GB | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Image-Lightning | — | BF16 | — | — | Weights ↗ |
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys qwen-image-lightning for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (qwen-image-lightning below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/images/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"qwen-image-lightning","prompt":"a red bicycle","size":"1024x1024"}'
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Licence
Open weights under apache-2.0 — commercial use is permitted. Deploy it on AxForge EU hardware on request. Read the licence ↗