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Free Python library for Nano Banana image generation, praised as a good wrapper and updated to support Nano Banana Pro image sizes.

Free Python library for Nano Banana image generation, praised as a good wrapper and updated to support Nano Banana Pro image sizes.

7 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 1 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Well-liked Python library for image generation

    “I like the Python library that accompanies this”

    Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation”

    “Your wrapper is awesome and still relevant.”

    Comment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana Pro”
  • Added Nano Banana Pro image sizes

    “I just pushed gemimg 0.3.2 which adds image_size support for Nano Banana Pro”

    Comment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana Pro”
  • Works fine via OpenRouter adaptation

    “Here's a Claude-coded openrouter compatible adaptation which seems to work fine”

    Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation”

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What people said

4 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“I just pushed gemimg 0.3.2 which adds image_size support for Nano Banana Pro”

RecommendsComment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana Pro”

“Your wrapper is awesome and still relevant.”

RecommendsComment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana Pro”

“Here's a Claude-coded openrouter compatible adaptation which seems to work fine”

RecommendsComment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation”

“I like the Python library that accompanies this”

RecommendsComment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for nuanced AI image generation”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.