Build AI image & video pipelines visually.
Chain prompts, models, reference images, and automations on an infinite canvas.
HeliosGen is a desktop app. Grab the latest build for your OS from the releases page — no account, no server, no cloud setup:
| OS | File |
|---|---|
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | HeliosGen_<version>_aarch64.dmg |
| Windows | 🙋 looking for a contributor to build & submit — see below |
| Linux | 🙋 looking for a contributor to build & submit — see below |
Only the builds actually attached to the latest release are available. macOS is published today. Tauri can't cross-compile, so Windows and Linux builds need someone on those platforms — if you can run
npm run desktop:buildon Windows or Linux (see the Build from source section below), please open a PR or attach the artifacts to an issue and we'll add them to the release.
The app is not code-signed yet:
- macOS — right-click the app → Open (once), or run
xattr -cr /Applications/HeliosGen.app. - Windows — SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway.
- Launch HeliosGen.
- Open Settings → API Keys and paste your kie.ai API key.
- Start generating.
Everything stays on your machine. Generations, uploads, folders, workflows and settings live in a local database; media is saved to a local folder:
| OS | Data location |
|---|---|
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/cash.sdd.helios.desktop/ |
| Windows | %APPDATA%\cash.sdd.helios.desktop\ |
| Linux | ~/.local/share/cash.sdd.helios.desktop/ |
Delete that folder to reset the app.
HeliosGen is a free & open source visual AI workflow builder for image and video generation.
Build reusable AI pipelines with:
- infinite node-based workflows,
- multi-model generation,
- reference images,
- automation chains,
- all running 100% locally on your machine.
No subscriptions.
No disappearing credits.