# pollinations/pollinations

Your Friendly Open-Source Gen-AI Platform

Repository: https://github.com/pollinations/pollinations
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pollinations
Homepage: https://pollinations.ai
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: generative, colaboratory, colaboratory-notebook, gan, diffusion, machinelearning, python, javascript, nodejs, hacktoberfest-accepted, hacktoberfest2025, gsoc, typescript
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:52:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1966, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4996, forks 1032 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.382105+00:00)

## What it is
Pollinations is an open-source generative AI platform offering free APIs for text, image, and vision model inference without requiring API keys. It provides a hosted service plus SDKs and examples for building AI-powered apps and creative projects.

## Use cases
- generate ai images from text prompts via a free api
- add chatbot text generation to my app without an api key
- generate alt text for images using vision models
- build a creative ai story or art generator
- query llms from a script with zero configuration
- host or integrate an open-source generative ai backend

## When to choose
- you want free, keyless access to text and image generation models
- you are prototyping or building hobby/creative AI apps quickly
- you want an open-source alternative to paid generation APIs

## When to avoid
- you need strict SLAs, guaranteed uptime, or enterprise support
- you require full control over model weights and self-hosted inference
- you need fine-tuning or training of custom models

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: llm-inference, image-processing, api-framework, sdk, chatbot
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, image-processing, apis, web-development
- platform: python, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: generative-ai, text-to-image, free-api, diffusion, gan, ai-platform, no-api-key, web-server, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- pollinations/pollinations (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.382105+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:17:37.328490+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pollinations/pollinations (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.382105+00:00, sha edb9c5f89dea)
  - homepage: https://pollinations.ai (fetched 2026-08-29T08:58:57.463180+00:00, sha f93c8ebd9857)
  - site_page: https://gen.pollinations.ai/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:58:57.465877+00:00, sha 8f31c4fd9f74)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.