Swiss Startup DEUTLI Publishes Open Industry Standard .deut for Storing and Exchanging Generative AI Parameters for Static Images

 

FRIBOURG, Switzerland — April 7, 2026 — DEUTLI announces the publication of the open file format .deut. The format's specification, along with comprehensive implementation guidelines, is publicly available at https://github.com/deut-li/open-deut-format and is officially registered by IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) as a global standard under the media type application/vnd.deut+json.

From Chaos to Cross-Platform Standardization The industry is logically moving from chaos to structured management systems—a path already taken by software engineers with modern IDEs, interface designers with Figma, and professional photographers with Lightroom. Transitioning generative design to a unified, open prompt file format is the most direct route to ensuring absolute cross-platform compatibility among tools from different manufacturers. Storing text queries and generation parameters in a standardized, machine-readable format empowers architects, designers, and studios to efficiently catalog, store, and reuse their prompt libraries. This approach eliminates the loss of successful configurations and radically reduces the time and computing resources spent on regeneration. Currently, prompt exchange occurs through fragmented and incompatible text sequences saved in applications entirely unsuited for this purpose—ranging from basic text editors and spreadsheets to universal knowledge management systems.

The New Preset Economy "Utilizing an open file format has allowed us to implement a system of presets that can be created by the authors themselves or serve as items of exchange and commerce," notes Yuriy Sydorenko, the founder of DEUTLI. "Applying presets significantly accelerates the prompt creation process. We are replacing the repetitive rewriting of the exact same technical descriptions of visual parameters with a simple selection from a list of available options. This is our 'Don't type. Snap it in.' philosophy in action."

The Prompt as a Protected Digital Asset The .deut format architecture features a built-in cryptographic signature mechanism. This technical solution makes it possible to cryptographically prove that the author's original intent and parameter structure have not been altered. Consequently, a successfully calibrated set of parameters ceases to be just a string of text and transforms into a fully-fledged, secure digital asset.

Built-In Versioning The format specification allows the entire history of changes to be stored within a single file. This grants professionals access to comprehensive version control, enabling instant rollback to previous, successful generation states, which makes the editing and visual discovery process mathematically predictable.

Ecosystem Development All the aforementioned mechanisms of structural control, cryptography, and versioning serve as the foundation for the DEUTLI V2 platform, which is currently in active development.

Available today, users can access a free metadata extractor for images generated in ComfyUI and Automatic1111 environments. The tool can be found on the website's homepage or via the direct link: https://deut.li/extract-sd-metadata. In strict compliance with privacy policies and to safeguard NDAs when handling commercial projects, once the page is loaded, the parser operates entirely locally on the user's device hardware, requiring no internet connection and transmitting zero data to the outside world.

About DEUTLI DEUTLI is a brand and developer of professional tools for specialists in the visual arts, architecture, and design. The company's philosophy is built on the rejection of routine, strict visual control, and clarity of processes. The official project slogan is: "Don't type. Snap it in." DEUTLI does not provide image generation services.

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