Connect Stability AI
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
sk-…- Sign in to the Stability AI Developer Platform and click your profile icon at the top right.
- On the API Keys view, copy an existing key or click + to create a new one.
Read only. Checking the balance costs nothing.
Open the pagehttps://platform.stability.ai/account/keys
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Stability AI.
- 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 Stability AI. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- remaining credit balance
- Calls
- https://api.stability.ai/v1/user/balance
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- Stability AI reference, checked 2026-09-15
Credits are prepaid with no cycle, so the projection reports a date rather than waste.