Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111) installation

How to install Stable diffusion web UI on Windows operating system

Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111 or A1111 for short) is the web based GUI for advanced users. Thanks to the passionate community, most new features come to this free Stable Diffusion GUI first. But it is not the easiest software to use. Documentation is lacking. The extensive list of features it offers can be intimidating.

Method 1

1. Download the sd.webui.zip from here and extract the zip file.
2. Double click the update.bat script to update web UI to the latest version, wait till finish then close the window.
3. Double click the run.bat script to launch web UI, during the first launch it will download large amounts of files. After everything has been downloaded and installed correctly, you should see a message "Running on local URL:  http://127.0.0.1:7860", opening the link will present you with the web UI interface.
4. Enjoy !

Here is the full documentation of the installation in the stable diffusion web UI GitHub repository 

Method 2

1. Install Python 3.10.6 (ticking Add to PATH), and git
2. Open Command Prompt from search bar, and type git clone  https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui
3. Double click webui-user.bat

Here's a demonstration video

(above video was uploaded to official stable diffusion github)

Now you are all set, You can now try different models and try to create something creative.