BYOAIK (Bring Your Own AI Key) is a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Draw Things

Image generation that runs offline on an iPhone or a Mac, not in someone else's datacentre.

Website Source code

Category:
Image Generation Tools
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (GPL-3.0)
Self-hostable:
No
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Mobile, Desktop, Local-only
AI providers (bring your own key):
Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
No cloud key required for local model
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
84/100

Draw Things runs image generation locally on Apple hardware, including iPhone and iPad, with the community edition published under GPL-3.0. It is one of the few options that puts the whole pipeline on a phone, so prompts and generated images never leave the device and no account or key is required. Notable for covering a platform where the alternatives are almost all hosted services.

Why this trust score (84/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 25/25: No cloud key is needed at all. The model runs locally.
  • Request Routing 17/20: Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 20/20: Source is public under GPL-3.0, so anyone can check how the key is handled.
  • Privacy 11/15: Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere.
  • Maintenance 10/10: Actively developed, with commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10: Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier RESEARCH_ASSISTED, derived from the evidence below and not set by hand.

  • [REPORTED · RESEARCH] This listing was compiled by an AI-assisted research pass over the tool's public website, README and documentation. No person independently confirmed it.
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-24, about 0 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

Key handling varies. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider.

Setup

Add your provider API key in settings and choose a model.