Authentication
egaki supports multiple authentication modes. You can mix and match: use ChatGPT auth
for OpenAI models, a Google key for Imagen, and an egaki subscription for everything else.
Provider keys (BYOK)
Add API keys for individual providers with
egaki login:1234567891011121314# Google AI Studio (Imagen, Gemini, Veo) egaki login --provider google --key AIza... # OpenAI (GPT Image, DALL-E) egaki login --provider openai --key sk-... # xAI (Grok Imagine) egaki login --provider xai --key xai-... # Fal.ai (Flux, Recraft) egaki login --provider fal --key ... # Replicate egaki login --provider replicate --key r8_...
Keys are stored in
~/.config/egaki/credentials.json with file mode 0600.ChatGPT OAuth
Log in with your existing ChatGPT account. This routes image requests through the
ChatGPT/Codex backend, using your ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription credits.
1egaki login --provider chatgpt
Opens a browser for OAuth. After approval, use OpenAI image models:
1egaki image "dreamy bakery at sunrise" -m gpt-image-1.5 -o bakery.png
xAI Grok Build OAuth
Log in with your Grok Build subscription via browser OAuth:
1egaki login --provider xai-oauth
This gives you access to
grok-imagine-image and grok-imagine-video models
using your Grok Build subscription credits.Vertex AI (Google Cloud billing)
Prefix model IDs with
vertex/ to route through Vertex AI instead of Google AI Studio.
This uses Google Cloud billing instead of AI Studio quotas.123egaki login --provider vertex --key AIza... egaki image "editorial sneaker photo" -m vertex/imagen-4.0-generate-001 -o sneaker.png egaki video "storm over mountains" -m vertex/veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 -o storm.mp4
Vertex AI and Google AI Studio use different billing. Vertex charges through
your Google Cloud project. AI Studio has free tier quotas for many models.
Egaki subscription
One API key for all supported models. Three plans:
| Plan | Price | Credits | Approx. images |
| Starter | $9/mo | 100 | ~100 standard images |
| Pro | $29/mo | 500 | ~500 standard images |
| Unlimited | $99/mo | 2000 | ~2000 standard images |
1234567891011# Subscribe (opens checkout URL) egaki subscribe --plan pro --email user@example.com # Save the key after checkout egaki login --provider egaki --key egaki_... # Check usage egaki usage # Cancel egaki unsubscribe
Check configured providers
1egaki login --show
Shows which providers are configured and their status (valid key, expired, etc.).
Remove a provider key
1egaki login --remove google