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ACE-Step 1.5: Free Local Music AI Rivals Suno v4/v5

ACE-Step 1.5 is an open-source music generation AI model that runs locally on consumer hardware, offering quality comparable to commercial services like Suno

Someone got ACE-Step 1.5 running locally and says the music quality rivals Suno v4/v5 - except it’s completely free and runs on modest hardware.

Quick setup options:

One-click install via Pinokio: https://beta.pinokio.co/apps/github-com-cocktailpeanut-ace-step-ui-pinokio

Or grab the UI directly: https://github.com/fspecii/ace-step-ui

Model weights on Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/ACE-Step/Ace-Step1.5

The whole thing is open-source, so no API limits or subscription nonsense. Just download and generate music straight from a local GPU. People are saying this would’ve been impossible a year ago, and now it’s installable in a few clicks. Pretty wild how fast open-source music generation caught up to the paid services.