# OpenMOSS Releases MOSS-Image Under Apache 2.0

> The academic team behind the MOSS project moves into text-to-image generation with a permissively licensed model and a fine-tuned SFT variant.

Published by The Open Weights on Oct 11, 2026. Canonical: https://theopenweights.com/news/moss-image-xfai

## Key facts

- Company: OpenMOSS
- Model: MOSS-Image SFT
- Version: SFT
- Category: Text → Image
- Modalities: Text → Image
- License: Apache 2.0 (Open weights, commercial use allowed)
- Architecture: MOSSImagePipeline
- Precision: BF16
- Weights size: 10.2 GB
- Significance: notable
- Published: 2026-10-11
- Last verified: 2026-10-20
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT
- Canonical URL: https://theopenweights.com/news/moss-image-xfai

OpenMOSS has released **MOSS-Image**, a text-to-image model distributed under the permissive Apache 2.0 license. The release includes a base model alongside a supervised fine-tuned (SFT) variant, now available on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT).

The SFT edition is the instruction-tuned flavor of the family, typically trained to follow prompts more faithfully and produce cleaner outputs than a raw base checkpoint. Pairing a base model with a fine-tuned version gives researchers a starting point for their own experiments while offering a more usable artifact out of the box.

## Why it matters

OpenMOSS is best known for its earlier conversational MOSS work, so a move into image generation marks a notable expansion of scope. The choice of Apache 2.0 is significant for adopters:

- Commercial use is permitted without restrictive clauses
- Weights can be redistributed and built upon freely
- No separate research-only carve-outs to navigate

That licensing posture sets MOSS-Image apart from many image models that ship with custom or non-commercial terms. For teams evaluating open text-to-image options, the release adds another genuinely permissive candidate to the mix. Full details, including intended usage and any benchmark results, are on the model's [Hugging Face page](https://huggingface.co/OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT).

## Get the model

- [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT)

## Sources

- [OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT](https://huggingface.co/OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT) — Hugging Face, Oct 11, 2026

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