Connect Ideogram
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
Paste the Ideogram key- Open the Ideogram API dashboard and go to the API Keys tab.
- Click Create key and optionally name it.
- Copy the key now: only part of it is shown later.
- Add a payment method and credit under Billing, or the key stays inactive.
Reading the balance is free and generates no images.
Open the pagehttps://ideogram.ai/platform
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Ideogram.
- Paste the API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Ideogram. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- available credit, total spent and the average daily burn
- Calls
- https://api.ideogram.ai/manage/api/credits
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- Ideogram reference, checked 2026-09-16
Credits vary in cost by model and rendering speed.