Runware — ai-lcr Docs

Runware — cheap image generation via a single synchronous call. Image-only — no video. A media provider, wired with createRunwareMediaAdapter.

Runware is a media provider for image generation — often the cheapest route for FLUX and similar models. Like fal, it's wired with an adapter, not createOpenAICompatible.

Image only. Runware has no video path in ai-lcr. Use fal or Kunavo for modality: "video" routes.

import { createRunwareMediaAdapter } from "ai-lcr";

const runware = createRunwareMediaAdapter({
  apiKey: process.env.RUNWARE_API_KEY!,
});

Unlike fal's queue, Runware returns the image synchronously from a single call — no polling. Model ids are Runware's vendor:NN@N style, used as the route's externalId: runware:100@1 (FLUX Schnell), google:4@3 (Nano Banana 2). Runware bills per image / per compute, so the price comes from the pricing you declare on each route.

registry: {
  "bfl/flux-schnell": {
    id: "bfl/flux-schnell",
    modality: "image",
    routes: [
      { provider: "runware", externalId: "runware:100@1", pricing: { unit: "image", cents: 0.14 } },
    ],
  },
}

See Image & video for the full media flow and the bundled model catalog.