As of: 2026-10-25 23:49 CET.
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# Muse Image

Meta, Muse family. Status: current. Type: image generation. Released: 2026-07-07.

## How to call it

| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Model API | `muse-image-1.0` | https://api.meta.ai/v1/images/generations | https://dev.meta.ai/docs/image-generation |
| Meta Model API (edits) | `muse-image-1.0` | https://api.meta.ai/v1/images/edits | https://dev.meta.ai/docs/api-reference/images/edit-image |
| fal | `fal-ai/meta/muse-image` |  | https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/meta/muse-image |
| OpenRouter | `meta/muse-image` |  | https://openrouter.ai/meta/muse-image |
| Web app |  |  | https://meta.ai |

## Pricing

- Per image: $0.01
- Unit as published: USD per generated image (Meta Model API; search grounding included)
- Source: https://dev.meta.ai/models/muse-image/
- Last checked: 2026-10-25

## Specs

- Input: text, image
- Output: image
- Context window: not published
- Max output: not published
- Open weights: no
- Licence: proprietary

## Where it stands

- Newer image generation models in the registry since its release: 12. The 5 newest:
  - FLUX 3 Image Klein (2026-10-15) https://postcutoff.com/m/flux-3-image-klein/
  - Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes) (2026-10-15) https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/
  - Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) (2026-10-06) https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-nano-banana-2-1/
  - Qwen-Image-2.1 (2026-09-20) https://postcutoff.com/m/qwen-image-2-1/
  - GPT Image 2.5 Flare (2026-09-08) https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-5-flare/
- Closed weights; access is hosted only.

## What stands out

- Agentic image generation: Plans, searches the web for references, writes and runs code where precision matters (plots, QR codes) and checks its result; self-refinement (local edit, regenerate or switch tactics) emerged during RL training. Source: https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-image-muse-video-msl/
- Test-time compute scaling: Meta reports quality rising roughly log-linearly with inference-time compute; ComfyUI exposes reasoning strength high/low and toggles for web search, image search and code execution. Source: https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-image-muse-video-msl/
- Multi-reference composition and multi-turn editing: Combines people, objects, clothing, styles and environments from several inputs with interleaved text and images; multi-turn refinement through the Responses API. Source: https://dev.meta.ai/docs/
- One-cent pricing (found after launch): $0.01 per image on the Meta Model API with search grounding included (Artificial Analysis lists $10 per 1k images). Source: https://dev.meta.ai/models/muse-image/

## Notes

Artificial Analysis text-to-image leaderboard (read 2026-10-25): #8, Elo 1127, listed release Jul 2026, $10.0 per 1k images (https://artificialanalysis.ai/text-to-image/arena/leaderboard-text). AA image-editing: tied 7-14, Elo 1129. Consumer launch 2026-07-07 (Meta AI app, meta.ai, Instagram Stories US, WhatsApp in some countries). API launch reported 2026-08-28 (RuntimeWire, Alexandr Wang X post https://x.com/alexandr_wang/status/2093390371875414501); OpenRouter lists it from 2026-08-26 and its endpoints list was empty when checked, so OpenRouter availability is unconfirmed. Output about 2.5 MP and 14 aspect ratios plus auto (per ComfyUI partner-node docs, not Meta). Images made in Meta's apps carry an invisible Content Seal watermark. No dedicated launch entry in the timeline yet (entry field points to the Model API entry, which mentions it). Rate limits not published.

Meta Superintelligence Labs' first image model: an agent that searches, codes and self-checks before returning an image.

```bash
curl https://api.meta.ai/v1/images/generations -H "Authorization: Bearer $MODEL_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"model":"muse-image-1.0","prompt":"An infographic of the solar system with correct planet order"}'
```

Sources:
- https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-image-muse-video-msl/
- https://dev.meta.ai/models/muse-image/
- https://dev.meta.ai/docs/
- https://docs.comfy.org/tutorials/partner-nodes/meta/muse-image
- https://runtimewire.com/article/meta-ships-muse-image-api-at-one-cent-per-image

Model page: https://postcutoff.com/m/muse-image/