What is sam-image-app?

SamImage is a desktop application designed as a workbench for AI image generation workflows. It provides a graphical interface for configuring AI models, submitting image generation requests, and managing the resulting images, all from a single local application rather than a web browser. The application is built using Tauri v2, a framework that combines a Rust backend with a web-based frontend, allowing it to run as a native desktop program. The backend uses Rust with the Axum web framework and stores data in SQLite running in WAL mode (a configuration that improves concurrent read performance). The frontend is built with Vue 3, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS v4. Protocol support is handled through five independent adapter modules, listed in the source as openai_images, openai_chat, gemini, stability, and comfyui, so connecting to a new AI service does not affect existing configurations. Users can configure each model with its own service address, API key, and request parameters, and the app can fetch available models from a custom service endpoint. The image generation workbench supports text-to-image, image-to-image, inpainting, and fusion modes. Reference images can be added by local upload, clipboard paste, or URL. Generated images are saved in a gallery with filtering, preview, cropping, compression, and download to PNG or JPG. The build targets Windows, the README covers generating a standalone EXE, an MSI installer, or an NSIS installer package. Prerequisites include the Rust toolchain and Node.js.