Pollinations.AI
Community-built open-source API for text, image, audio, and video AI.
About
Pollinations.AI is an open-source generative AI platform based in Berlin that exposes simple HTTP APIs for text, image, video, audio, 3D, and embeddings generation. Developers can generate an image with a single GET request or call an OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint, with no complex SDK required. The project reports 500+ community projects built on its APIs.
Everything is built in the open: code, roadmap, and decisions are public on GitHub, and contributors earn Pollen credits through quests. The platform also ships an MCP server so AI assistants like Claude can generate media directly, plus client packages for common languages.
What it can do
- Text, image, video, audio, 3D, and embeddings APIs
- OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint
- MCP server for AI assistant integration
- Fully open-source platform and roadmap
- Community credit system via Pollen quests
Setup
Call the public endpoints directly, or sign up at enter.pollinations.ai for an API key with higher limits.
Prerequisites
None for basic use; an API key unlocks higher quotas and authenticated features.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 108; Trending score 82/100 from researcher assessment.
Sources
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