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MOSS-Image-SFT

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MOSS-Image-SFT is an open-weight image model from OpenMOSS-Team. MOSS-Image-SFT-FP8 (FP8) weighs 27.2 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 4090 24 GB.

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  • MOSS-Image-SFT is a 5.1B parameter text-to-image model developed by the OpenMOSS-Team.
  • It is a supervised fine-tuned version of the MOSS-Image-Base model designed to generate images from natural language prompts, tag sequences, or JSON layouts.
  • The model supports English and Chinese and is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

Summary of the OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT model card, 2026-10-18. The estimate below is for another build of the family.

What it is

Released byOpenMOSS-Team
Released2026-10-11
Parameters5.1B
VRAM27.2 GB for the weights

What it runs on

Memory and cards for MOSS-Image-SFT-FP8 (FP8)

27.2 GBweights, file size
16.8 GBbiggest part
5.0 GBworking memory, one 1024² image
537 MBruntime overhead
CardOne imageMemory
RTX 3060 12 GB … RTX 4060 Ti 16 GBdoes not fit
RTX 3090 24 GBtight (encoders offloaded)23.4 GB
RTX 4090 24 GBtight (encoders offloaded)23.4 GB
RTX 5090 32 GBfits (encoders offloaded)31.0 GB
L40S 48 GBfits44.0 GB
A100 80 GBfits78.2 GB
H100 80 GBfits78.1 GB
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GBfits93.8 GB
DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unifiedfits107 GB
H200 141 GBfits138 GB
B200 180 GBfits176 GB

Builds

Sizes, precisions & builds

BuildParamsPrecisionWeightsSmallest setup
MOSS-Image-SFT ↗ 5.1BBF16 27.2 GBRTX 4090 24 GB
MOSS-Image-SFT-GGUF ↗
packaged by unsloth
7 builds: Q3_K_XL 2.8 GB … BF16 10.2 GB
the transformer alone, to use with the text encoders and VAE
GGUF 3.2 GBRTX 3060 12 GB
MOSS-Image-SFT-FP8 (above) ↗
packaged by unsloth
5.1BFP8 27.2 GBRTX 4090 24 GB

From the model card

What OpenMOSS-Team says about MOSS-Image-SFT

Read the model card

                     

MOSS-Image-SFT is a supervised fine-tuned text-to-image model in the MOSS-Image family from OpenMOSS, derived from MOSS-Image-Base. It uses the same architecture and inference pipeline, supporting natural-language prompts, tag sequences, and JSON layouts for controlling text placement and object arrangement.

Base vs. SFT

In this example, SFT produces clearer text grouping and a more organized whiteboard layout.

MOSS-Image-BaseMOSS-Image-SFT

Quick start

Use Python 3.10 or later and an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support. Install a PyTorch 2.9 or later build compatible with your CUDA environment, then install:

pip install "diffusers>=0.38" "transformers>=5.3" "accelerate>=1.10" "safetensors>=0.6" "Pillow>=10"
import torch
from diffusers import DiffusionPipeline

pipe = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(
    "OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT",
    custom_pipeline="pipeline_moss_image",
    trust_remote_code=True,
    torch_dtype={"default": torch.bfloat16, "vae": torch.float32},
)
pipe.scheduler = type(pipe.scheduler).from_config(pipe.scheduler.config)
pipe.to("cuda")

prompt = '''A wide view of a refrigerator beside a kitchen counter with a fruit bowl. A small sticky note on the refrigerator door is handwritten in Chinese:
"记得买牛奶和鸡蛋!
牛奶两盒,鸡蛋一打。
顺便带一袋面包。"'''

image = pipe(
    prompt,
    height=1024,
    width=1024,
    num_inference_steps=50,
    guidance_scale=3.0,
    uncond_skip_layers=[22],
    generator=torch.Generator("cpu").manual_seed(42),
).images[0]
image.save("refrigerator_note.png")

The model and custom pipeline code are downloaded and cached automatically. You can also pass a complete local model directory to from_pretrained. The transformer and text encoder use bfloat16; the VAE and initial noise use float32. The bundled VAE uses the FLUX.2 small decoder.

For the Gradio interface, CPU offload, and compilation options, follow the project quick start. For ComfyUI, search for MOSS-Image in ComfyUI Manager to install the native plugin. Integration into the official ComfyUI repository is in progress. See the installation and usage guide and example workflow.

Sampling settings

SettingDefault
SamplerFlow-matching Euler
Steps50
CFG3
Shift5
Layer skippingNegative branch, layer index 22 (zero-based)
Negative promptEmpty

The default guidance uses two transformer forwards per step. Pass uncond_skip_layers=[] to disable negative-branch skipping, or set negative_prompt to provide a negative prompt. Python API image dimensions must be positive multiples of 16.

See the user guide for resolution, sampling, prompt, and LoRA training recommendations.

Prompt enhancer skill

The MOSS-Image Prompt Enhancer turns image ideas into detailed captions or spatial Layout prompts. It is designed for GPT-6-family agents with local file and Python tools. The bundled script converts pixel-coordinate drafts into compact JSON with integer centered coordinates; it does not call an image-generation service.

Install the skill folder in your agent's skills directory, then invoke $moss-image-prompt-enhancer with your image idea, desired caption or Layout output, and any canvas dimensions. Paste the compiled result into MOSS-Image's positive prompt; for Layout, use the same generation dimensions.

Layout-to-image generation

Pass a JSON layout as the prompt to describe the scene, rendered text, objects, and their positions. Layouts use summary.caption and items, with bbox_format: "yxyx" and bbox_coord_space: "abs_centralized".

With the Python API, serialize the layout using json.dumps(layout, ensure_ascii=False) and pass it to pipe. In Gradio, paste the JSON into the Prompt field and set the matching image dimensions. See the layout format and example.

Layouts can also support controlled editing and user-friendly layout tools. Edit text, element descriptions, and bounding boxes to adjust image content and composition in a structured way.

Showcase

Citation

@misc{mossimage2026,
  title = {MOSS-Image},
  author = {{OpenMOSS Team}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/OpenMOSS/MOSS-Image}}
}

License and acknowledgements

The model weights and bundled inference code are released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

We thank the Diffusers, Qwen, and FLUX teams.

Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.

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