Ideogram looks promising
Ideogram has released its Ideogram 4 text-to-image model as open source, making its weights and inference code publicly available. This 9.3 billion parameter model is noted for its strong performance in text and layout control, achieving high scores on OCR accuracy and designer preference benchmarks. Key features include structured JSON prompting for precise color palettes and bounding boxes, a unique architecture utilizing intermediate text encoder layers, and flexible resolution handling. AI
IMPACT Accelerates open-source development in text-to-image generation, offering advanced capabilities for local deployment and complex design tasks.