--- title: Open source Nano-banana is here! | daily.dev description: Alibaba released Quen ImageEdit 259, an open-source image editor that rivals proprietary tools like Nano Banana. The tool excels at character consistency, pose... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-nano-banana-is-here--480iif2mf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Open source Nano-banana is here! | daily.dev og:description: Alibaba released Quen ImageEdit 259, an open-source image editor that rivals proprietary tools like Nano Banana. The tool excels at character consistency, pose... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-nano-banana-is-here--480iif2mf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/480iIf2MF.png og:image:alt: Open source Nano-banana is here! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Open source Nano-banana is here! **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 28 min read · 50 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Alibaba released Quen ImageEdit 259, an open-source image editor that rivals proprietary tools like Nano Banana. The tool excels at character consistency, pose control, text generation, and photo restoration while running offline. Comprehensive testing shows it outperforms competitors in many scenarios, particularly for detail preservation and complex editing tasks. The guide covers installation via ComfyUI, hardware requirements (7-40GB VRAM depending on model version), and demonstrates various use cases from product photography to deepfake generation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@marlonone** · 5 upvotes > China is the most important deparment of the open source content. ... **@byteoutlaw** · 4 upvotes > Just wild! > > China is seriously nice towards open source! :D I love that strategy! > Steal from US and then sprinkle a bit of Zhong Guo on it and share with everybody! > > China china china! Thank you! **@theacademe** · 2 upvotes > I think OP means `Qwen Image Edit 2509` ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model](https://daily.dev/posts/google-releases-nano-banana-pro-its-latest-image-generation-model-y3gpig1g0) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nano Banana Pro available for enterprise](https://daily.dev/posts/nano-banana-pro-available-for-enterprise-ldnrqcvuk) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nano Banana Pro is the best AI image generator, with caveats](https://daily.dev/posts/nano-banana-pro-is-the-best-ai-image-generator-with-caveats-yixlvxmym) · Max Woolf's Blog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#alibaba](https://daily.dev/tags/alibaba) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-nano-banana-is-here--480iif2mf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Open source Nano-banana is here!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-nano-banana-is-here--480iif2mf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-nano-banana-is-here--480iif2mf"},"datePublished":"2025-10-01T01:43:26.021Z","dateModified":"2025-10-01T01:43:46.834Z","description":"Alibaba released Quen ImageEdit 259, an open-source image editor that rivals proprietary tools like Nano Banana. 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