Pixelmuse CLI Guide: AI Image Generation From Your Terminal
If you're a developer who lives in the terminal, you've probably hit this problem: you need an image for a blog post, a social card, or a project thumbnail — and suddenly you're context-switching to a browser, logging into some image generator, waiting for a result, downloading it, and dragging it into your project. That entire flow breaks your focus. Pixelmuse CLI lets you generate AI images without leaving the terminal. One command, a prompt, and your image is saved to disk — ready to use. It also ships with an interactive TUI, prompt templates, and an MCP server so AI coding agents like Claude Code can generate images autonomously. Sign up for Pixelmuse — 15 free credits to start generating. Install Pixelmuse CLI Requirements: Node.js 20+ and a package manager (pnpm, npm, or yarn). # Install globally pnpm add -g pixelmuse # Or with npm npm install -g pixelmuse # Verify installation pixelmuse --version Optional: Install chafa for terminal image previews: # macOS brew install chafa #
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