CodeFormer vs Kagi Small Web
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CodeFormer
Robust face restoration model for old photos and AI generated portraits, published by S Lab, widely used to recover identity and details while keeping naturalness controls for artistic workflows.
Pricing Free
Category research
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in CodeFormer
face-restorationupscaleai-imageopen-sourcepython
Shared
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Only in Kagi Small Web
searchdiscoveryblogsindiecuration
Key Features
CodeFormer
- • Blind face restoration that balances fidelity and naturalness via tunable weight
- • PyTorch implementation with CUDA acceleration and requirements listed
- • Hosted demos and community ports for quick trials
- • Use in diffusion pipelines to improve AI faces
- • Command line and notebook examples for batch work
- • Identity aware restoration helpful for old photos
Kagi Small Web
- • Curated index of personal sites and indie blogs
- • Topic lenses that emphasize quality over clickbait
- • Fast clean previews with direct source links
- • Integrates conceptually with Kagi Search lenses
- • No ads or tracking and respectful privacy stance
- • Updated continuously with new voices
Use Cases
CodeFormer
- → Restoring old scanned portraits with damage
- → Improving diffusion generated faces in composites
- → Prepping portraits before upscale and print
- → Reviving low bitrate webcam headshots
- → Cleaning dataset faces for research
- → Batch processing archives via notebooks
Kagi Small Web
- → Find independent experts and niche blogs for learning
- → Build reading lists for research without ad clutter
- → Discover maker posts side projects and dev notes
- → Escape SEO spam and farm content during searches
- → Source quotable articles for newsletters and briefs
- → Use as a complement to Kagi lenses while researching
Perfect For
CodeFormer
creators, photo labs, researchers and hobbyists who need a proven face restoration step inside AI or archival workflows
Kagi Small Web
researchers journalists developers students and curious readers who value independent sources and low noise discovery
Capabilities
CodeFormer
Identity Preserving Model Professional
Pipelines and GUIs Basic
CUDA and Batching Basic
Post Process Steps Basic
Kagi Small Web
Indie sources Basic
Quality lenses Basic
Clean previews Basic
Search workflow Basic
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