What it actually is — read this before anything else
awesome-gpt-image-2 is not an image generator. It’s a free, MIT-licensed, 26,000+ star library of prompt templates for GPT-Image 2 — OpenAI’s proprietary image model. You still need access to GPT-Image 2 itself (through ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, or a third-party service) to actually generate anything. This library only helps you write better prompts once you have that access.
What’s actually free here
- 500+ reverse-engineered prompt examples across 12+ visual categories
- 20+ structured “industrial” prompt templates
- A browsable web portal to copy prompts directly (gpt-image2.canghe.ai)
- A Claude Code agent skill package for pulling these templates into your own workflow
How to actually generate images with these prompts
GPT-Image 2 itself is free to use inside ChatGPT (subject to your plan’s usage limits) and on Bing Image Creator. If you want an API you can call programmatically, that’s paid — either directly through OpenAI’s API, or through a third-party middleman. The repo lists a few sponsored platforms for this; we’re not endorsing any specific one, since we haven’t tested them and can’t vouch for pricing or reliability.
One more thing worth flagging: the repo’s own community space is a paid group (a one-time payment via Alipay, at the time of writing) — that’s a separate, optional add-on for community discussion, not something you need to use the free prompts themselves.
Where to get it
Repo: github.com/freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2
More free tools worth knowing about: ThreeUI (3D component kit) · claude-blog (Claude Code blog skill) · Vorssaint (Mac menu bar utility)
