Black Forest Labs · FLUX.1

FLUX.1 [schnell]

READER SUMMARY

The fastest FLUX.1 text-to-image tier, released with downloadable weights and inference code under Apache 2.0 for unrestricted local development and integration.

DOOM SCORE52.3out of 100model risk profile, not the overall index

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1

Why this model scores 52.3

Lower image quality than pro is offset by permissive licensing, fast generation, and local operation, producing maximum practical distribution and very limited provider control after release.

Capability45

Autonomy1

Deployment99

Misuse potential58

Control difficulty65

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MODEL-ATTRIBUTED EVIDENCE

News tied to FLUX.1 [schnell]

The model score of 52.3 rates this model's risk profile. The overall Doom Index of 63.2 measures the recalibrated complete evidence corpus. These values answer different questions.

NET MODEL-ATTRIBUTED INDEX CONTRIBUTION+0.01

Each article's leave-one-out Doom Index contribution is divided equally among the exact models named on that article. This prevents multi-model evidence from being claimed in full on several model pages. Model risk scores are recalculated from their technical profile and related news, but never feed back into the overall index.

01 Aug 2024DeploymentTOWARD

Black Forest Labs releases the FLUX.1 image-model suite

Black Forest Labs launched three 12-billion-parameter text-to-image variants, including API-only FLUX.1 pro, open-weight FLUX.1 dev, and Apache-2.0 FLUX.1 schnell, rapidly widening access to advanced image synthesis.

Full item contribution: +0.03
FLUX.1 [schnell] equal share: +0.01

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Model score history

R1
Doom Score 52.3
New exact permissively licensed FLUX.1 model tier verified by the dated primary launch.
12 Aug 2026