This repository allows you to set up a AI Horde Worker to generate, post-process or analyze images for others

If you want the latest information or have questions, come to the #local-workers channel in discord

This repo contains the latest implementation for the AI Horde Worker. This will turn your graphics card(s) into a worker for the AI Horde where you will create images for others. You you will receive in turn earn 'kudos' which will give you priority for your own generations.

• An SSD is strongly recommended especially if you are offering more than one model.
  • If you only have an HDD available to you, you can only offer one model and will have to be able to load 3-8gb off disk within 60 seconds or the worker will not function.
• Do not set threads higher than 2 unless you have a data-center grade card (48gb+ VRAM)
• Your memory usage will increase up until the number of queued jobs (queue_size in the config).
  • If you have less than 32gb of system ram, you should should stick to queue_size: 1.
  • If you have less than 16gb of system ram or you experience frequent memory-related crashes:
    • Do not offer SDXL/SD21 models. You can do this by adding ALL SDXL and ALL SD21 to your models_to_skip if you are using the TOP N model load option to automatically remove these heavier models from your offerings.
    • Set allow_post_processing and allow_controlnet to false
    • Set queue_size: 0
• If you plan on running SDXL, you will need to ensure at least 9 gb of system ram remains free while the worker is running.
• If you have an 8 gb card, SDXL will only reliably work at max_power values close to 32. 42 was too high for tests on a 2080 in certain cases.

Please note that AMD cards are not currently well supported, but may be in the future.

Update: AMD now has been shown to have better support but for linux machines only - linux must be installed on the bare metal machine; windows systems, WSL or linux containers still do not work. You can now follow this guide using horde-bridge-rocm.sh and update-runtime-rocm.sh where appropriate.

If you are willing to try with your AMD card, join the discord discussion.

Please see the prior section before proceeding.

If you haven't already, go to AI Horde and register an account, then store your API key somewhere secure. Treat your API key like a password. You will need it later in these instructions. This will allow your worker to gather kudos for your account.

Use these instructions if you have installed git for windows.

This option is recommended as it will make keeping your repository up to date much easier.

1. Open powershell (also referred to as terminal) or cmd from the start menu.
2. Using cd, navigate to a folder that you want the worker installed in.
   • Note that the folder you are in will create a folder named horde-worker-reGen. This folder should not exist before you run the following commands.
   • If you want it to be installed in C:\horde\, run the following:
     • cd C:\horde
     • (if the horde folder doesn't exist)

       cd C:\
       mkdir horde
       cd C:\horde

   • If you are using cmd and wish to install on a different drive, include the /d option, as so:
     • cd /d G:\horde
3. Run the following commands within the folder chosen (the folder horde if using the example above)

   git clone https://github.com/Haidra-Org/horde-worker-reGen.git
   cd horde-worker-reGen

4. Continue with the Basic Usage instructions

Use these instructions if you do not have git for windows and do not want to install it. These instructions make updating the worker a bit more difficult down the line.

1. Download the zipped version
2. Extract it to any folder of your choice
3. Continue with the Basic Usage instructions

This assumes you have git installed

Open a bash terminal and run these commands (just copy-paste them all together)

git clone https://github.com/Haidra-Org/horde-worker-reGen.git
cd horde-worker-reGen

Continue with the Basic Usage instructions

The below instructions refers to horde-bridge or update-runtime. Depending on your OS, append .cmd for windows, or .sh for linux

• for example, horde-bridge.cmd and update-runtime.cmd for windows

Note: If you have an AMD card you should use horde-bridge-rocm.sh and update-runtime-rocm.sh where appropriate

You can double click the provided script files below from a file explorer or run it from a terminal like bash, cmd depending on your OS. The latter option will allow you to see errors in case of a crash, so it's recommended.

1. Make a copy of bridgeData_template.yaml to bridgeData.yaml
2. Edit bridgeData.yaml and follow the instructions within to fill in your details.

1. The first time you install, or when updates are required, see Updating for instructions.

2. Depending on the type of worker:

   • 'Dreamer' worker (image generation): run horde-bridge.
     • Warning: This requires a powerful GPU. You will need a GPU with at least 6GB VRAM and 16GB+ of system RAM.
   • 'Alchemy' worker (upscaling, interrogation, etc) is not current supported and will come in a future version of reGen.

• In the terminal in which it's running, press Ctrl+C together.
• The worker will finish the current jobs before exiting.

In the future you will not need to run multiple worker instances

To use multiple GPUs each has to start their own instance. For linux, you just need to limit the run to a specific card:

CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 ./horde-bridge.sh -n "My awesome instance #1"
CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1 ./horde-bridge.sh -n "My awesome instance #2"

etc

Be warned that you will need a very high (32-64gb+) amount of system ram depending on your settings. queue_size and max_threads increases the amount of ram required per worker substantially.

The AI Horde workers are under constant improvement. You can follow progress in our discord and get notifications about updates there. If you are interested in receiving notifications for worker updates or betas, go to the #get-roles channel and get the appropriate role(s).

To update:

1. Shut down your worker by pressing ctrl+c once and waiting for the worker to stop.

2. Update this repo using the appropriate method:

   git method

   Use this approach if you cloned the original repository using git clone

   1. Open a or bash, cmd, or powershell terminal depending on your OS
   2. Navigate to the folder you have the AI Horde Worker repository installed if you're not already there.
   3. run git pull

   zip method

   Use this approach if you downloaded the git repository as a zip file and extracted it somewhere.

   1. delete the horde_worker_regen/ directory from your folder
   2. Download the repository from github as a zip file
   3. Extract its contents into the same the folder you have the AI Horde Worker repository installed, overwriting any existing files

3. Run the update-runtime script for your OS. This will update all dependencies if required.

   • Some updates may not require this and the update notification will tell you if this is the case.
   • When in doubt, you should run it anyway.
   • Advanced users: If you do not want to use mamba or you are comfortable with python/venvs, see README_advanced.md.

4. Continue with Starting/stopping instructions above

See README_advanced.md.

Many models in this project use the CreativeML OpenRAIL License. Please read the full license here.