# Black Forest Labs Releases Open-Source FLUX.2 Image Model

> The developer preview of the next-generation text-to-image architecture promises significant architectural improvements over its predecessor.

Published by The Open Weights on Nov 22, 2025. Canonical: https://theopenweights.com/news/flux-2-dev-x9yr

## Key facts

- Company: Black Forest Labs
- Model: FLUX.2 [dev]
- Version: 2-dev
- Category: Text → Image
- Modalities: Image Editing, Text → Image
- License: Other (Open weights, commercial use allowed)
- Architecture: Flux2Pipeline
- Precision: BF16
- Weights size: 64.4 GB
- Significance: major
- Published: 2025-11-22
- Last verified: 2026-06-17
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev
- Canonical URL: https://theopenweights.com/news/flux-2-dev-x9yr

Black Forest Labs has released FLUX.2-dev, a powerful new open-weight model for text-to-image generation and image editing. This initial release is presented as a developer preview, inviting the open-source community to experiment with and provide feedback on the next-generation architecture.

FLUX.2 is positioned as the successor to the company's FLUX.1 architecture, incorporating what the lab describes as novel components and improved training strategies. The model aims to push the boundaries of image quality and prompt adherence in open-source AI, offering a new foundation for a rapidly evolving field.

## A New Foundation for Imaging

As a developer release, FLUX.2 is not a polished final product but a foundational tool for researchers and creators. The model is available for download on Hugging Face, where developers can explore its capabilities for both generating new images from text prompts and editing existing ones. [The official repository](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev) contains the weights and basic usage instructions.

The release of a major new image architecture provides a fresh alternative to established models. It has the potential to spark new innovations in tooling, fine-tuning techniques, and creative applications across the open-source ecosystem.

## Get the model

- [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev)

## Sources

- [black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev) — Hugging Face, Nov 22, 2025

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