Pollen Studio

A static browser app for exploring Pollinations.AI image, text, and TTS models side-by-side. Bring your own pollen — connect via the BYOP authorize flow and the key never touches a server.

Live at https://pollenstudio.cru2.net.

Three modes

• Simple — single prompt, vibe presets, one-click share.
• Compare — N×M matrix across models, seeds, and parameters.
• Advanced — raw request console with history rail and JSON inspector.

How it works

• Auth: enter.pollinations.ai/authorize returns the key in a URL fragment; it lands in localStorage and is never POSTed anywhere.
• Surfaces: image.pollinations.ai/prompt/{p} for images, POST text.pollinations.ai/openai (OpenAI chat shape) for text, GET text.pollinations.ai/{p}?model=openai-audio&voice=… for TTS.
• Persistence: every run is a shareable URL hash plus a local IndexedDB gallery — no backend.
• Earnings: earningsEnabled is on (+25%, disclosed pre-redirect and in the consent UI).

Develop

pnpm install
cp .env.example .env   # add your pk_ from enter.pollinations.ai
pnpm dev               # http://localhost:5173
pnpm test              # unit + wire-format tests against the bundled mock
pnpm test:e2e          # playwright happy-path
pnpm build             # static output in build/

Deploy

scripts/deploy.sh builds and rsyncs build/ to the production host. Apache serves the static files; SPA fallback lives in .htaccess (excluded from rsync --delete).

Stack

SvelteKit (static adapter) · Svelte 5 runes · TypeScript · Vitest · Playwright · happy-dom.

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