Free FLUX.1 [schnell] API on Cloudflare

Free FLUX.1 [schnell] image API via Cloudflare Workers AI — high-quality text-to-image in 1-8 steps within 10,000 free Neurons/day.

About the Model

Why use FLUX.1 [schnell]?

FLUX.1 [schnell] is Black Forest Labs' speed-distilled text-to-image model that produces high-quality images in just 1-8 diffusion steps — ideal for fast previews and interactive generation.

Capabilities

Excellent prompt adherence and detail for a distilled model — a great default for free, fast image generation.

Why it's free

Covered by Cloudflare Workers AI's 10,000 free Neurons per day via the /ai/run endpoint. Returns a Base64-encoded image.

How to Access for Free (via Cloudflare Workers AI)

Free access on Cloudflare Workers AI

Generate images with FLUX.1 [schnell] through Cloudflare's global edge using the unified /ai/run REST endpoint. Every Cloudflare account includes 10,000 Neurons per day for free. The response is a Base64-encoded image in result.image.

Authentication (BYOK)

Use your own Cloudflare Account ID and an API token with Workers AI access via Authorization: Bearer <token>.

Try it in your browser

Pick a model, paste your own free key, and run. Your key is sent once to call the provider and never stored on our servers.

Your generated image will appear here.

Code Examples

curl
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$CF_ACCOUNT_ID/ai/run/@cf/black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CF_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"prompt":"a serene mountain lake at sunrise, photorealistic"}'
python
import os, base64, requests

account = os.environ["CF_ACCOUNT_ID"]
token = os.environ["CF_API_TOKEN"]

resp = requests.post(
    f"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account}/ai/run/@cf/black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"},
    json={"prompt": "a serene mountain lake at sunrise, photorealistic"},
)
image_b64 = resp.json()["result"]["image"]
with open("output.png", "wb") as f:
    f.write(base64.b64decode(image_b64))