What is the AI-Horde?

The AI Horde is a free community service that lets anyone create AI-generated images and text. In the spirit of projects like Folding@home (sharing compute for medical research) or SETI@home (sharing compute for the search for alien signals), AI Horde lets volunteers share their computer power through workers to help others create AI art and writing.

When you make a request - like asking for "a painting of a sunset over mountains" - the AI Horde system finds available volunteer computers that can handle your job. It's similar to how ride-sharing apps connect passengers with nearby drivers, but instead of rides, you're getting AI-generated content.

The system uses "kudos" points to keep things fair. Workers earn kudos when their computers help process requests, which they can use to get priority for their own requests or leave unspent to help others. Importantly, kudos can never be bought or sold - this is strictly against the Terms of Service. If you would like to learn more about kudos, see our detailed explanation.

What makes AI Horde special is that it's completely free and community-run, with a strong commitment to staying that way. The kudos system is specifically designed to ensure that access to these resources remains equitable. While users with more kudos get faster service, anyone can use it for free, even anonymously, and kudos never expire.

The AI-Horde hopes to ensure that everyone gets a chance to use these exciting AI technologies, regardless of their financial means or technical resources. You can read more about why we do this in the motivations document.