Pollinations

What is Pollinations?

Pollinations is an open-source generative AI platform that provides APIs for text, image, video, and audio generation. It powers over 500 community projects and includes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server so AI assistants like Claude can generate images and audio directly.

How to use Pollinations?

You can use Pollinations via its web interface at pollinations.ai, by calling the unified API at gen.pollinations.ai, or by running the MCP server with npx @pollinations/mcp and adding the corresponding configuration to your MCP client. API keys (publishable pk_ or secret sk_) are obtained at enter.pollinations.ai.

Key features of Pollinations

• 100% open-source code, decisions, and roadmap
• Unified API endpoint for text, image, audio, and video generation
• Pollen credits pay-as-you-go system ($1 ≈ 1 Pollen)
• Multiple models: Flux, GPT, Claude, Gemini, Seedream, and more
• MCP server for AI assistants to generate images and audio
• CLI tool: npx @pollinations/cli

Use cases of Pollinations

• Generate images from text descriptions for creative projects
• Integrate text-to-speech audio into applications with multiple voices
• Build AI-powered apps using the unified API and Pollen credits
• Enable AI assistants to generate media directly via the MCP server
• Run community-built models through the decentralized registry

FAQ from Pollinations

How do I get an API key for Pollinations?

Sign up at enter.pollinations.ai to generate a publishable key (pk_) for client-side use or a secret key (sk_) for server-side use. Secret keys should never be exposed in client-side code.

What models are available on Pollinations?

Pollinations supports image generation (Flux, GPT Image, Seedream, Kontext), video generation (Seedance, Veo in alpha), audio (text-to-speech and speech-to-text), and text generation via models like GPT, Claude, and Gemini. The unified API gives access to all models in one place.

How do I use the MCP server for Pollinations?

Add the configuration {"mcpServers":{"pollinations":{"command":"npx","args":["@pollinations/mcp"]}}} to your MCP client, or run npx @pollinations/mcp directly. The server lets AI assistants generate images, create text-to-speech audio, and list available models.

What are Pollen credits?

Pollen credits are a simple pay-as-you-go system where $1 equals approximately 1 Pollen. Credits are consumed per API request; publishable keys have a rate limit of 1 Pollen per IP per hour (beta), while secret keys have no rate limits.

Can I restrict which models an API key can access?

Yes. When creating a key at enter.pollinations.ai, you can choose to allow all models or restrict it to specific models such as flux or gptimage-large.