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Javier Leandro Arancibia
Javier Leandro Arancibia

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Crevisto CLI: AI Image Generation from the Terminal

Most AI image tools live in the browser. You upload a photo, wait for a spinner, and download the result. That works for one-off generations, but it falls apart when you need to batch-process 50 product photos, integrate image generation into a script, or build an agent that generates images as part of a larger workflow.

I built the Crevisto CLI to solve this. It's a single binary that gives you 100 AI image tools from the terminal — no browser, no Node.js, no Python runtime. Just download and run.

What the CLI does

The CLI wraps 100 curated AI image tools behind a clean command line interface. Each tool is tuned for a specific use case:

Install

curl -fsSL https://crevisto.com/install.sh | sh
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That's it. The binary is a single ~6MB file. No dependencies, no runtime, no Docker.

Quick start

# Get 5 free credits (no email needed)
crevisto trial

# List all 100 tools
crevisto tools

# Generate an image
crevisto generate action-figure --input photo=./selfie.jpg --output ./result.webp
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BYOK: unlimited generations at cost

The CLI supports BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) — plug in your OpenRouter API key and generate unlimited images at the model's cost, with zero credit consumption. This makes it viable for batch processing and automated pipelines where you'd burn through credits quickly.

Agent-first design

The CLI is designed for automation and AI agents:

  • JSON output--output json gives structured output for every command
  • Deterministic exit codes — 0 for success, non-zero for failure, no ambiguity
  • No interactive prompts — every flag is a CLI argument, no stdin required
  • Stdin support — pipe image data directly: cat photo.jpg | crevisto generate action-figure

This makes it easy to integrate into shell scripts, CI/CD pipelines, or AI agent workflows. An agent can call crevisto tools to discover available tools, then crevisto generate to produce images — all without parsing human-readable output.

Try it free

Every new account gets 5 free credits — no credit card required. Credits never expire.

curl -fsSL https://crevisto.com/install.sh | sh
crevisto trial
crevisto generate action-figure --input photo=./selfie.jpg
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Links: Web app · All tools · CLI docs · GitHub

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