In case you missed it: FLUX.1 Kontext launched last week. Judging by the reaction, most of you didn’t - but here’s the TL;DR:

FLUX.1 Kontext is a new image editing model from Black Forest Labs. It’s top of its class for text-based image editing - better, cheaper, and no yellow tint compared to OpenAI’s 4o.

There are three models:

• FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]: High-quality image edits with strong prompt following.
• FLUX.1 Kontext [max]: Top-tier performance with sharper typography.
• FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] (coming soon): Open-weight version.

Kontext can handle small tweaks and big changes—like color swaps, background edits, text replacements, and style transfers—while keeping characters consistent.

Some prompting tips for you:

• Be specific.
• Start simple.
• Preserve key elements.
• Break big edits into steps.
• Quote text.

Since launch, the Replicate community has been exploring Kontext in familiar but also new and novel ways. Hair color swaps, professional headshots, travel photos to anywhere in the world — if you can think, people are making it happen with a few words and a click.

Check out some great examples from our community:

• Change your look — Justine Moore showed off a haircut transformation, changing hairstyle and color with a simple prompt.

• Create professional headshots — HBCoop_ generated clean, polished headshots — perfect for LinkedIn, portfolios, or anything else that needs a sharp first impression.

• Restore and reimagine images — Clearstory3D used Kontext to restore and clean up old or degraded images, breathing new life into them.

• Reformat your photos — fofrAI and lucataco93 demonstrated how easy it is to extend a 16:9 image to vertical 9:16 for social content — keeping everything sharp and consistent.

• Remove unwanted text — fofrAI also used Kontext for intelligent inpainting, seamlessly removing text from an image without any artifacts.

We also launched Kontext Chat, making it even easier to generate and edit images through a conversational interface — no perfect prompts required.

If you want to get started with Kontext quickly, we’ve released a set of ready-to-use Kontext apps — from hairstyle changers to portrait generators — you can jump straight into editing without writing a single line of code.

We’re seeing Kontext show up in workflows on Discord, Reddit, and beyond. People are already baking it into creative projects, product mockups, and even day-to-day design work. It’s exciting to watch the limits of language-guided editing get pushed further every day.

If you’ve been using FLUX.1 Kontext, we’d love to see what you’ve made. Tag us on X and join the conversation on our Discord.