You can host a stable diffusion instance locally via Automatic 1111. I’m on my phone so no instructions, but the Googles should help from here.

Was just about to ask for a guide. Thanks!

I hope they’re painful. He deserves it.

Sure,

1: The initial download was pretty small ~10GB. But with the models, lora(s), extensions, ect. I’m up to ~60GB.

2: The guide at the top was pretty easy to follow. Install the dependencies, then install the UI. Launch and run. There is a bit of a learning curve with all of the options but so far it hasn’t been too confusing.

3: That’s where the extra models/lora(s) come in. Various models are trained in different styles, poses, actions, ect. The lora files are smaller things, like poses. IE: Cowgirl is it’s own lora file that tells the model how to use the prompts you give.

I just figured it out tonight playing around with the links and readmes available above. If you get stuck I can try to answer more specific questions.