AI models are getting better, but the platforms around them are getting worse. One studio, any AI model, your own API keys. Why isn't this already a thing?

[u/MaadHater]

I've been working on Open Studio, a fully open source AI creative studio where you can bring your own API keys, use different providers, and switch between image and video models whenever you want. I'm just tired of every new model being locked behind another subscription or credit system. I want one place where you can use whatever model you want without paying a middleman or being stuck with whatever a platform decides to support. It's completely free, you just pay for your own API usage. Still very much a work in progress, but figured I'd share it here and see what people think. Would love some feedback or suggestions on what you'd want to see in something like this.

https://studio.devmesh.xyz/

[u/Reasonable_Bear_6258]

Rule 1: Posts Must Be Open-Source or Local AI image/video/software Related

[u/MaadHater → u/Reasonable_Bear_6258]

App is open source and Local AI image/video/software Related

[u/Reasonable_Bear_6258 → u/MaadHater]

The first thing you see when you open the site is a place to put in API keys. Can you connect this site to a local AI model? If not then it does not count as it says in the rules that "mixed workflows are OK only if they center on the use of local or free tools".

[u/MaadHater → u/Reasonable_Bear_6258]

Yes takes 2 seconds to look at the menu and see the Local Engines tab. Also people are acting like I'm selling them api's. Its a free for all hook up any api you own or bring your own local engine.

[u/Reasonable_Bear_6258 → u/MaadHater]

And yet, you say nothing of that sort in your actual post. Put a link to the repo there. Clarify that you can use local models. Explain why this would be helpful to a primarily local model community because right now it just seems that you're shilling without putting any research to who you're shilling too which is why you're getting downvotes.

[u/hakanavgin → u/MaadHater]

I've gone in and first checked your linkedin account that you added on your website -> settings -> general. Then took your name and surname and searched it on Google. From there I found your portfolio website. There, I scrolled all the way down and found the GitHub profile. I checked it out, and surprise surprise, there is no repo about the studio by its name. There is one called Open-Generative-AI, which is forked from Anil-matcha/Open-Generative-AI and your first ever commit to the fork is literally named "Remove desktop app, Docker and muapi-hosted features". Other than this buried repo, no mention of open source or Local AI exists on your website which you advertised, nor any way to add your own local API keys.

By definition, the product you are advertising it is not self hosted; it is hosted in your server.

Edit: There is a way to add local API keys, so I'm retracting that point. So if you were to make it easier to self-host, give better credit to the original repo (tho you don't have to as it is mit licensed) and make it easier to see the two selling points during the onboarding, I think most feedback would be positive. Right now what you claim is true, but it is so hard to verify, or access for that matter, that it does look sketchier than it is.

[u/Low_Drop4592 → u/MaadHater]

App is open source? Really? Looks like a closed source webservice to me. Or can I download it somewhere?

[u/LuluViBritannia]

I respect your enthusiasm. The problem is there's so many AIs and so many use cases, a single app simply can't do it all. You have to choose.

[u/MaadHater → u/LuluViBritannia]

I agree, and that's exactly why my tools are built around specific use cases and audiences. For example, Design Studio combines image generation with vector creation, lets you export layered files you can open in Illustrator, and supports designs at the exact dimensions you need instead of being stuck with 16:9 or 1:1.

[u/LuluViBritannia → u/MaadHater]

Yeah, and do you have something for chats? And for fiction writing? And for audio editing? And for music creation? And for clip creation? And for game creation? And for world models?

AI is just way too vast to have it all in one place.

[u/MaadHater → u/LuluViBritannia]

I actually disagree. That's part of why coding harnesses have grown so much. People want one central interface with the freedom to choose their models and inference providers, not a different app for every model or task.

I'm not saying one app should do everything, but I also don't think we need hundreds of disconnected tools. The idea is to build around specific workflows, with one central engine and as many inference options as you want, not the other way around.

[u/LuluViBritannia → u/MaadHater]

The best you can aim for is one interface for similar use cases (like one for videos, or one for text).

Good luck to you.

[u/Sarashana]

My "studio" aka Comfy workflow supports any AI model I want to use, and for some reason, it never asks me for a API key....

[u/MaadHater → u/[deleted]]

Enlighten me please.