Draw Things alternatives for Mac
Draw Things — Run Stable Diffusion locally — is installed 1,199 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask draw-things to install Draw Things itself.- Diffusion Bee10.6× smaller user base
- LM StudioApple silicon only · 4.9× the installs
- ollama52.0× the installs
- Claude16.6× the installs
- ChatGPT10.7× the installs
- MacWhisper817 installs/mo
- Cursor5.8× the installs
- BoltAI 230.7× smaller user base
Full comparison
| Draw Things | Diffusion Bee | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | AI & Machine Learning | AI & Machine Learning |
| Open source | Not declared | Yes (inferred) |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 26.1020.0-a424ad4b | 2.5.3 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 1,199 | 113 |
| Install command | brew install --cask draw-things | brew install --cask diffusionbee |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.