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We've launched https://gen.pollinations.ai — a single endpoint for all your AI generation needs: text, images, audio, video — all in one place.

• Unified endpoint — single API at gen.pollinations.ai for all generation
• Pollen credits — simple pay-as-you-go system ($1 ≈ 1 Pollen)
• All models, one place — Flux, GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Seedream, and more
• API keys — publishable keys for frontend, secret keys for backend

Get started at enter.pollinations.ai and check out the API docs

• 2026-03-08 – 🎨 Fresh coat of pixels The main website has a new look. We replaced the old theming engine with a cohesive color palette and dynamic retro pixel art backgrounds. Much cozier.
• 2026-03-06 – 📦 SDK Upgrades: Audio & BYOP The hive has ears. You can now run Whisper Speech-to-Text, handle media uploads, and let users spend their own Pollen credits directly through the SDK.
• 2026-03-06 – 🧠 Step-3.5-Flash Available step-3.5-flash is now wired up and ready for chat completions via the Unified API.
• 2026-03-06 – 💾 Media Storage Upgrades Name tags for your files. Media downloads now preserve your original filenames, and re-uploading an existing file automatically resets its 14-day expiration timer.
• 2026-03-05 – 🚀 GPT Image 1.5 Large We unblocked the Azure endpoints and wired up the new 1.5 large model. Better pixels, fewer timeouts. Hit the Unified API to try it.
• 2026-03-05 – ✨ Unified Multimodal Chat The community shipped pollinations-ui, a single interface that handles text, images, video, and audio without making you switch tabs.
• 2026-03-05 – 🧩 Browser Extension Generate images anywhere on the web using your own Pollen credits. No need to leave the tab you're supposed to be working in.
• 2026-03-05 – 🎭 SillyTavern Avatars A new community extension hooks into our image API to instantly generate and assign portraits to your roleplay characters based on their text descriptions.
• 2026-03-05 – 🛡️ Skills-Sentinel-scan Added a Dockerized security scanner to the dev tools ecosystem. Because you should probably check if your AI agent is leaking credentials before letting it loose.
• 2026-03-04 – 🎨 Flux-2-dev gets eyes You can now pass an ?image=<url> parameter to the flux-2-dev model for image-to-image generation via our Unified API. Pixels in, different pixels out.

pollinations.ai is an open-source generative AI platform based in Berlin, powering 500+ community projects with accessible text, image, video, and audio generation APIs. We build in the open and keep AI accessible to everyone—thanks to our amazing supporters.

• 🔓 100% Open Source — code, decisions, roadmap all public
• 🤝 Community-Built — 500+ projects already using our APIs
• 🌱 Pollen Tiers — earn daily credits by contributing (tiers in beta)
• 🖼️ Image Generation — Flux, GPT Image, Seedream, Kontext
• 🎬 Video Generation — Seedance, Veo (alpha)
• 🎵 Audio — Text-to-speech and speech-to-text
• 🎣 Easy-to-use Packages (Packages)

1️⃣ Get your API key
Sign up at enter.pollinations.ai to generate your key.

2️⃣ Choose what you want to generate
Pollinations supports:

• 🖼 Images
• 📝 Text
• 🔊 Audio
• 🎬 Video

3️⃣ Make your first request
Use one of the examples below to generate your first AI output in seconds.

curl 'https://gen.pollinations.ai/image/a%20beautiful%20sunset' -o image.jpg

Or visit pollinations.ai for an interactive experience.

curl 'https://gen.pollinations.ai/text/Hello%20world'

Simple GET endpoint:

curl 'https://gen.pollinations.ai/audio/Hello%20from%20Pollinations?voice=nova&key=YOUR_API_KEY' -o speech.mp3

OpenAI TTS compatible:

curl 'https://gen.pollinations.ai/v1/audio/speech' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{"model": "tts-1", "input": "Hello from Pollinations!", "voice": "nova"}' \
  -o speech.mp3

Available voices: alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova, shimmer, plus 30+ ElevenLabs voices.

Our MCP (Model Context Protocol) server enables AI assistants like Claude to generate images and audio directly. Learn more

Add this to your MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pollinations": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@pollinations_ai/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

npx @pollinations_ai/mcp

Community alternatives like MCPollinations and Sequa MCP Server are also available.

AI assistants can:

• Generate images from text descriptions
• Create text-to-speech audio with various voice options
• Play audio responses through the system speakers
• Access all pollinations.ai models and services
• List available models, voices, and capabilities

For more advanced usage, check out our API documentation.

Get your API key at enter.pollinations.ai

⚠️ Publishable keys: Turnstile protection coming soon. Not recommended for production yet.

⚠️ Never expose sk_ keys in client-side code, git repos, or public URLs

💡 Building an app? Use Bring Your Own Pollen — users pay for their own usage, you pay $0

Each API key can be scoped to specific models. When creating a key at enter.pollinations.ai, you can:

• Allow all models — key works with any available model
• Restrict to specific models — select exactly which models the key can access (e.g., only flux and openai, or just gptimage-large)

curl 'https://gen.pollinations.ai/image/a%20cat?key=YOUR_KEY'

Environment variable (best practice):

export POLLINATIONS_API_KEY=sk_...

See full API docs for detailed authentication information.

Our web interface is user-friendly and doesn't require any technical knowledge. Simply visit https://pollinations.ai and start creating!

Use our API directly in your browser or applications:

https://pollinations.ai/p/a_cozy_pixel_art_robot_and_bee_in_a_digital_garden_8-bit_warm_stardew_valley_vibes

Replace the description with your own, and you'll get a unique image based on your words!

Here's an example of a generated image:

Python code to download the generated image:

import requests

def download_image(prompt):
    url = f"https://pollinations.ai/p/{prompt}"
    response = requests.get(url)
    with open('generated_image.jpg', 'wb') as file:
        file.write(response.content)
    print('Image downloaded!')

download_image("a_cozy_pixel_art_robot_and_bee_in_a_digital_garden_8-bit_warm_stardew_valley_vibes")

To generate text:

https://gen.pollinations.ai/text/What%20is%20artificial%20intelligence?

Generate speech from text:

https://gen.pollinations.ai/audio/Hello%20from%20Pollinations?voice=alloy&key=YOUR_API_KEY

Or use the OpenAI TTS-compatible endpoint:

curl 'https://gen.pollinations.ai/v1/audio/speech' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{"model": "tts-1", "input": "Hello from Pollinations!", "voice": "alloy"}' \
  -o speech.mp3

Check out our Pollinations SDK for Node.js, browser, and React integration.

graph LR
    Q[Bots - Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp] --> GEN
    N[30+ Mobile and Web Apps] --> GEN
    A[pollinations.ai Web Frontend] --> GEN
    R[AI Agents - Qwen, Sillytavern, ...] --> GEN
    AI[AI Assistants - Claude] --> MCP[MCP Server]
    MCP --> GEN

    GEN[gen.pollinations.ai] --> ENTER[enter.pollinations.ai Gateway]

    ENTER --> IMG[Image Service]
    ENTER --> TXT[Text Service]
    ENTER --> AUD[Audio Service]

    IMG --> CF[Cloudflare Worker with R2 Cache]
    CF --> B[image-origin.pollinations.ai]
    B --> D[FLUX / GPT Image / Seedream - GPU VMs]

    AUD --> EL[ElevenLabs TTS API]

    TXT --> C[text.pollinations.ai]
    C --> SC[Scaleway API]
    C --> DS[Deepseek API]
    C --> G[Azure-hosted LLMs]
    C --> CFM[Cloudflare AI]

We're constantly exploring new ways to push the boundaries of AI-driven content creation. Some areas we're excited about include:

• Digital Twins: Creating interactive AI-driven avatars
• Music Video Generation: Combining AI-generated visuals with music for unique video experiences
• Real-time AI-driven Visual Experiences: Projects like our Dreamachine, which create immersive, personalized visual journeys

pollinations.ai envisions a future where AI technology is:

• Open & Accessible: We believe AI should be available to everyone — earn daily Pollen by contributing, no credit card required

• Transparent & Ethical: Our open-source approach ensures transparency in how our models work and behave

• Community-Driven: We're building a platform where developers, creators, and AI enthusiasts can collaborate and innovate

• Interconnected: We're creating an ecosystem where AI services can seamlessly work together, fostering innovation through composability

• Evolving: We embrace the rapid evolution of AI technology while maintaining our commitment to openness and accessibility

We're committed to developing AI technology that serves humanity while respecting ethical boundaries and promoting responsible innovation. Join us in shaping the future of AI.

We believe in community-driven development. You can contribute to pollinations.ai in several ways:

1. Coding Assistant: The easiest way to contribute! Just create a GitHub issue describing the feature you'd like to see implemented. The MentatBot AI assistant will analyze and implement it directly! No coding required - just describe what you want.

2. Project Submissions: Have you built something with pollinations.ai? Use our project submission template (labeled as APPS) to share it with the community and get it featured in our README.

3. Feature Requests & Bug Reports: Have an idea or found a bug? Open an issue and let us know. Our team and the MentatBot assistant will review it.

4. Community Engagement: Join our vibrant Discord community to:

   • Share your creations
   • Get support and help others
   • Collaborate with fellow AI enthusiasts
   • Discuss feature ideas before creating issues

For any questions or support, please visit our Discord channel or create an issue on our GitHub repository.

Our codebase is organized into several key folders, each serving a specific purpose in the pollinations.ai ecosystem:

• pollinations.ai/: The main React application for the Pollinations.ai website.

• image.pollinations.ai/: Backend service for image generation and caching with Cloudflare Workers and R2 storage.

• text.pollinations.ai/: Backend service for text generation.

• packages/sdk/: SDK NPM library with pollinations ready functions for Pollinations.ai.

• packages/ompc/: Oh My Polli Code is a ready Open code Router mechanism built on top of the open code framework but wiith the pollinations models.

• packages/mcp/: Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI assistants like Claude to generate images directly.

This structure encompasses the frontend website, backend services for image and text generation, and integrations like the Discord bot and MCP server, providing a comprehensive framework for the pollinations.ai platform.

For development setup and environment management, see DEVELOP.md.

pollinations.ai is proud to be supported by:

• Perplexity AI: AI-powered search and conversational answer engine
• AWS Activate: GPU Cloud Credits
• io.net: Decentralized GPU network for AI compute
• BytePlus: Official ByteDance cloud services and AI solutions
• Google Cloud for Startups: GPU Cloud Credits
• NVIDIA Inception: AI startup support
• Azure (MS for Startups): OpenAI credits
• Cloudflare: Put the connectivity cloud to work for you.
• Scaleway: Europe's empowering cloud provider
• Modal: High-performance AI infrastructure
• Nebius: AI-optimized cloud infrastructure with NVIDIA GPU clusters
• api.airforce: AI API gateway — alpha models (imagen-4, grok-video, qwen-character), may be unstable

The best way to support pollinations.ai is by using our product! Get your API key and start building at enter.pollinations.ai.

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