a picture is worth a thousand tokens — image generation via OpenRouter

[Slyker]

What

Adds full image generation support via OpenRouter's free text-to-image models.

Server

• New /api/image-models endpoint returning free-only image models
• isFreeImageModel() shared guard between route and proxy
• Image generation passthrough via OpenRouter with free-model enforcement
• Provider interface extended for image capabilities (base.ts, openai-compat.ts)
• Tests for capabilities service

Client

• New /models/images tab with simplified image models table (copy button, no click-to-expand)
• Playground split into Chat/Image tabs
• Image tab features:
  • Concurrent generation with abort controllers per request
  • Pending cards with elapsed timer, prompt/model display, cancel button
  • Error cards with retry + dismiss
  • Completed cards with aspect ratio/image size info, copy prompt, use-same-settings
  • Drag & drop / paste / upload input image
  • Advanced options panel (Recraft/Sourceful-specific + Raw JSON mode)
  • Fullscreen lightbox: keyboard nav (arrows, Escape), zoom/pan (click toggle, cursor-position wheel zoom, +/-/0 keys, drag pan), zoom level indicator
  • Lightbox footer: expand/collapse prompt, copy prompt, use-same-settings, download
  • Completion indicator (green glow) on newly finished images
  • Always-visible keyboard hints bar
  • Tooltips on all icon buttons
• Navigation tabs: Chat / Embeddings / Images

[Slyker]

Support image-to-image too

[bgill55]

very nice!!! Well done!

[Slyker]

I dont think its perfect since its vibe coded in a corner of a screen, but it works and include some cool QOL features

[bgill55]

you should add pollinations.ai for more free image creation. Just a thought...

[Slyker]

you should add pollinations.ai for more free image creation. Just a thought...

Oh I didn't know their was another free image tokens provider I will have a look at it later thanks buddy!