nano-banana.live

# Nano Banana
> A concise hub for a new text-guided image editing model. We publish reproducible benchmarks, prompt recipes, and quickstart guides. Compare with FLUX Kontext on common editing tasks.

Nano Banana focuses on practical, reproducible image editing workflows and side-by-side comparisons. Static, fast, SEO-friendly.

## Important Notice
**Nano Banana 2.0 (Pro) is closed-source** and cannot be deployed locally. For local deployment, use the open-source alternatives below (GLM-Image, Qwen-Image, Z-Image-Turbo).

## Core Pages
- [Home](https://www.nano-banana.live/): Overview, CTA to try in LMArena
- [Quickstart](https://www.nano-banana.live/guides/quickstart.html): Local install guide with fast route selection, featured open-model previews, and offline model comparisons
- [HiDream-O1-Image Guide](https://www.nano-banana.live/guides/hidream-o1-image.html): Dedicated HiDream local install guide, open-source vs commercial distinction, hardware notes, and visual examples
- [Z-Image Documentation](https://www.nano-banana.live/guides/z-image.html): Complete Z-Image guide with architecture, capabilities, and examples
- [Benchmarks](https://www.nano-banana.live/benchmarks/index.html): Fixed inputs/params for reproducible comparisons
- [Portrait Editing Benchmark](https://www.nano-banana.live/benchmarks/portrait-editing.html): A/B slider, pipeline, params
- [Prompts](https://www.nano-banana.live/prompts/index.html): Copy-ready prompts with suggested params

## Blog & Tutorials
- [How to Run Nano Banana Locally](https://www.nano-banana.live/blog/how-to-run-locally.html): Client vs Offline guide
- [Run Without a GPU](https://www.nano-banana.live/blog/run-without-gpu.html): Cloud GPU rentals and budget options for users without local hardware
- [Hardware Requirements](https://www.nano-banana.live/blog/hardware-requirements.html): VRAM Analysis (Client vs Offline)
- [Troubleshooting Install](https://www.nano-banana.live/blog/troubleshooting-install.html): API/Proxy error fixes
- [Top Prompt Recipes](https://www.nano-banana.live/blog/top-prompt-recipes.html): Gemini instruction recipes

## Common Resources
- [FAQ](https://www.nano-banana.live/faq.html): Answers to common questions, addresses closed-source reality
- [About](https://www.nano-banana.live/about.html): Site purpose and credits

## Offline Models (Local Deployment)
| Model | Parameters | GPU Requirement | Best For | AA Ranking |
|-------|-----------|-----------------|----------|------------|
| HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct | 80B MoE | 48GB VRAM | Multi-image fusion & Editing | Edit #1 Open 🏆 |
| HiDream-O1-Image | 8B | 24GB VRAM | Long-text rendering, editing, storyboards (MIT) | T2I #8 Open |
| GLM-Image | 9B | 24GB VRAM | Knowledge & Text Rendering | — |
| Qwen-Image | 20B | 24GB VRAM | Photorealism & Text rendering | T2I #2 Open |
| Z-Image-Turbo | 6B | 16GB VRAM | Speed (8-step inference) | — |

## Cloud Models (API Only)
| Model | Provider | Best For | AA Ranking | Pricing |
|-------|----------|----------|------------|---------|
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI | Highest quality editing | T2I #1 / Edit #2 | $211/1k images |
| GPT Image 1.5 | OpenAI | Balanced quality/speed | T2I #2 / Edit #1 | $133/1k images |
| Nano Banana 2 | Google | Fast generation | T2I #3 / Edit #4 | $67/1k images |
| Nano Banana Pro | Google | Pro quality | T2I #4 | $134/1k images |
| FLUX.2 [max] | Black Forest Labs | Quality generations | T2I #5 | $70/1k images |
| Seedream 4.0 | ByteDance | Chinese aesthetics | T2I #6 | $30/1k images |

## Tech Stack
- **Web**: Pure Static HTML5/CSS3 (Glassmorphism Design)
- **Pro Model**: Google Gemini 3.0 (Cloud API, closed-source)
- **Offline Models**: HiDream-O1-Image / HunyuanImage 3.0 / Z-Image / Qwen-Image / GLM-Image (Local via official repos, Diffusers, SGLang, or related serving stacks)

## Optional
- LMArena entry: https://lmarena.ai/?chat-modality=image
- OG image: https://www.nano-banana.live/og.svg
- Sitemap: https://www.nano-banana.live/sitemap.xml