# Diffui

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Diffui and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A diffusion-model canvas app for generating UI designs and replicating brands consistently, with visual exploration done before handing off to an agent.

## Why people recommend it

- Replicates brands consistently with profiles (2 comments): "The project is heavily oriented towards being able to replicate brands consistently" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532710)) "the app has the ability to save and work with multiple brand profiles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996458))
- Diffusion models suited to UI generation (2 comments): "It's basically a harness for diffusion models to generate UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48507957)) "Diffusion models are just now good enough to do UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234974))
- Visual design first, then agent handoff (2 comments): "Starting with the visual design rather than the implementation details in order to generate delightful user interfaces has produced good results for me personally." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49323215)) "I actually really enjoy the process of doing visual exploration on the canvas first, then handing it off to an agent after." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042500))
- Fun, expressive designs (2 comments): "Designs are here if you want to play with em" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040424)) "which allow for some really fun designs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087163))

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- [Google Stitch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-stitch.md): 25 recommend
- [Pomelli by Google](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pomelli.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Diffui", https://hackerapproved.com/p/diffui/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).