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Electric Sheep vs Draw Things

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Electric Sheep

7.0
Media & Design

Collaborative abstract artwork software

Draw Things

7.0
Media & Design

Run Stable Diffusion locally

Metric Electric Sheep Draw Things
Category Media & Design Media & Design
AI Score 7.0 7.0
30-day Installs 2 532
90-day Installs 7 1.4K
365-day Installs 60 3.1K
Version 3.0.2 1.20260518.2-081b08fe
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 19 380
GitHub Forks 5 39
Open Issues 7 39
License MIT GPL-3.0
Language Ruby C
Last GitHub Commit 9y ago 3mo ago
First Seen Aug 9, 2023 Sep 10, 2023

Reviews

Electric Sheep

Electric Sheep is a unique collaborative art project that generates and evolves abstract animations in real-time. It allows users to watch and vote on sheep (artworks), influencing their evolution through a distributed network. Ideal for artists, designers, and tech enthusiasts interested in generative art and digital experimentation.

Generates and evolves abstract animations collaboratively across a distributed network.

Pros

  • + Creates collaborative, evolving abstract art in real-time
  • + Engaging interface with voting system to influence artwork
  • + Well-maintained with a stable codebase

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature for new versions
  • - Limited recent development activity

Draw Things

Draw Things enables local Stable Diffusion image generation, offering offline AI capabilities. It supports cross-platform use, benefiting artists and designers seeking offline image creation.

Runs Stable Diffusion locally to generate images on macOS and iPad.

Pros

  • + Local AI image generation
  • + Cross-platform support
  • + Open-source under GPL-3.0

Cons

  • - No auto-updates
  • - Some technical challenges reported