Nano Banana Editor

Generate and edit images with every Nano Banana model, in one editor.

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Nano Banana Editor is a React + TypeScript app for Google's Gemini image models. Write a prompt, drop in reference photos, paint a mask, ground the prompt in live search results, and render anything from a 512px draft to a 4K final. Every render lands in a local history you can branch from.

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Models

Model	ID	Output sizes	Inputs	Search grounding	Thinking
Nano Banana 2 Lite	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image	1K	up to 14	no	Fast / Deep
Nano Banana 2	gemini-3.1-flash-image	512, 1K, 2K, 4K	up to 10	yes	Fast / Deep
Nano Banana Pro	gemini-3-pro-image	1K, 2K, 4K	up to 6	yes	always on

Aspect ratios: 1:1, 3:2, 2:3, 4:3, 3:4, 5:4, 4:5, 16:9, 9:16, 21:9, plus 4:1, 1:4, 8:1 and 1:8 on the two Flash models.

Credits

One catalog, src/lib/models.ts, defines what each model can do and what it costs. The edge function keeps an identical copy so the client can never lie about a price.

Model	512	1K	2K	4K
Nano Banana 2 Lite	–	1	–	–
Nano Banana 2	1	1	2	3
Nano Banana Pro	–	3	3	5

New accounts start with 5 free credits, granted by a database trigger on signup. Search grounding adds 1 credit. Credits are reserved server-side before the model runs and refunded automatically if the render fails or comes back empty.

Bring your own key: paste a Gemini API key from AI Studio in Settings and requests bill your Google account directly. The key is stored only in your browser and sent per request over HTTPS.

Features

• Generate from text with reference images, aspect ratio, resolution and 1, 2 or 4 parallel variants
• Edit any image with a sentence. Follow-up edits carry the last turns as context
• Mask a region with a brush and eraser so the change stays local
• Search grounding for prompts that need real-world facts (weather, scores, products)
• Thinking control on the Flash models: fast for simple prompts, deep for layouts and text
• Compare slider for before and after, one-click 4K re-render with Nano Banana Pro
• History that survives refresh (IndexedDB), with per-item settings, model notes, grounding sources and request details
• Paste or drop images anywhere, copy results to the clipboard, download as PNG, JPG or WebP
• Light and dark themes, full keyboard control

Keyboard shortcuts

Keys	Action
⌘ / Ctrl + Enter	Generate or apply edit
G E M	Generate, Edit, Mask mode
[ ]	Brush smaller / larger
X	Brush / eraser
Z	Undo stroke
C	Compare before / after
D	Download
H P	Toggle history / composer
T	Toggle theme
0	Fit to screen

Running it yourself

The short version is below. The full walkthrough, including Stripe, custom SMTP and troubleshooting, is in docs/self-hosting.md.

Prerequisites

• Node 18+
• A Supabase project
• A Gemini API key from Google AI Studio
• A Stripe account if you want to sell credits (optional)

1. Install

git clone https://github.com/markfulton/NanoBananaEditor.git
cd NanoBananaEditor
npm install
cp .env.example .env

Fill in VITE_SUPABASE_URL and VITE_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY from your Supabase project settings.

2. Database

Apply the migrations in supabase/migrations in order (Supabase CLI: supabase db push, or paste them into the SQL editor). They create the credits table, the Stripe tables, the usage log and the server-only credit functions.

3. Edge functions

Set the secrets, then deploy:

supabase secrets set GEMINI_API_KEY=your-key
supabase secrets set STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=sk_... STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=whsec_...
supabase functions deploy nano-image
supabase functions deploy stripe-checkout
supabase functions deploy stripe-webhook --no-verify-jwt

generate-image and edit-image are legacy endpoints kept for older builds. New installs do not need them.

4. Run

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:5173. Sign up, confirm the email, and spend the 5 starter credits. After that, buy credits through Stripe or paste your own Gemini key in Settings.

Scripts

Command	What it does
npm run dev	Vite dev server
npm run build	Production build to dist/
npm run typecheck	Strict TypeScript check
npm run lint	ESLint
npm run sync:models	Copy the model catalog into the edge function after editing it

Architecture

The long version, with the request flow and the reasoning behind masks and multi-turn edits, is in docs/architecture.md.

src/
├── lib/models.ts            Model catalog: capabilities, ratios, sizes, credit costs
├── lib/actions.ts           Tiny action registry for shortcuts
├── store/useAppStore.ts     Composer, canvas and history state (persisted to IndexedDB)
├── store/useThemeStore.ts   Light / dark / system
├── store/useSettingsStore.ts  Own API key, download format
├── hooks/useGenerate.ts     Builds the request, runs variants, records history
├── hooks/useCredits.ts      Balance query
├── services/imageApi.ts     Client for the nano-image edge function
├── services/maskService.ts  Turns brush strokes into a mask and a tinted preview
└── components/              Composer, Canvas, HistoryPanel, ModelPicker, modals, ui/

supabase/
├── functions/nano-image     Auth, credit reservation, Gemini call, refund, usage log
├── functions/stripe-*       Checkout and webhook
└── migrations/              Schema, RLS, credit functions

Stack: React 18, TypeScript, Tailwind, Zustand, TanStack Query, Konva, Radix, Vite. Supabase for auth, Postgres and edge functions. @google/genai runs only inside the edge function, so the house API key never reaches the browser.

Security notes

• The edge function requires a signed-in, email-confirmed user. The anon key alone cannot generate.
• Credits are deducted with a SECURITY DEFINER function that only the service role can execute. Users can read their balance and nothing else.
• Every render is written to usage_log with model, size, tokens and duration.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. Keep components focused, keep TypeScript strict, and run npm run typecheck && npm run lint && npm run build before opening a PR. If you touch src/lib/models.ts, run npm run sync:models and commit both copies.

License

Copyright © 2026 Mark Fulton. Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. If you run a modified version as a network service you must publish your source under the same license.

Built by Mark Fulton · Reinventing.AI · Vibe Coding is Life