CLI

Overview

The AKOOL CLI is agent-first by design, wrapping the full Open API so developers and AI agents can perform face swaps, generate talking photos, translate videos, and more — straight from the terminal. Built for:

Coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, and others
CI/CD pipelines — batch media processing, automated workflows
Bulk operations — translate 100 videos in one shell loop
Custom integrations — wrap it in your own tool

Install

curl -fsSL https://static.website-files.org/raw-cli/cli/install.sh | bash

Single static binary, no runtime required. Installs to ~/.local/bin. You only need AKOOL API credentials — see Authenticate below.

Updates

akool-cli upgrade            # install the latest version

Authenticate

Choose one of the two options below. The first is agent- and CI-friendly; the second is for humans. 1. Environment variables — agents, CI; ephemeral, no file on disk:

export AKOOL_CLIENT_ID="your-client-id"
export AKOOL_CLIENT_SECRET="your-client-secret"

2. Interactive login — humans; credentials stored at ~/.akool/config.json:

akool-cli login

Enter your Client ID and Client Secret when prompted. Get your credentials at akool.com → API Credentials. Verify your credentials:

akool-cli credit

Global Options

Flag	Description
`-e, --env <env>`	Environment: `prod`, `test`, `dev` (default: `prod`)
`--json`	Output raw JSON instead of formatted tables

--json works on any command:

akool-cli --json credit
akool-cli --json faceswap image --source "..." --target "..."

Switch to test environment:

akool-cli -e test credit

Quick Start

1. Face swap an image:

akool-cli faceswap image \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/portrait.jpg"

2. Generate an image:

akool-cli image generate \
  --prompt "A serene mountain lake at sunset" \
  --scale 16:9

3. Synthesize speech:

akool-cli voice tts \
  --text "Hello, welcome to Akool!" \
  --voice-id "<voice-id>"

Add --wait to block until the job completes. Use --json for raw JSON output.

Commands

Pattern: akool-cli <command> [subcommand] [options].

Command	What it does
`login`	Configure API credentials interactively
`credit`	Get account credit balance
`faceswap`	Face swap operations
`characterswap`	Character swap operations
`image`	Image generation operations
`voice`	Voice and TTS operations
`upgrade`	Upgrade CLI to the latest version

Every command supports --help.

akool-cli faceswap --help
akool-cli voice --help

Command Reference

Configure API credentials interactively. Credentials are stored at ~/.akool/config.json.

akool-cli login

credit

Check your account credit balance.

akool-cli credit

# Raw JSON output
akool-cli --json credit

faceswap

Image face swap (Pro V4)

akool-cli faceswap image \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/portrait.jpg"

With face enhancement:

akool-cli faceswap image \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/portrait.jpg" \
  --face-enhance

With async webhook callback:

akool-cli faceswap image \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/portrait.jpg" \
  --webhook "https://your-server.com/webhook"

Face Swap Plus V4 (multi-face, image + video)

akool-cli faceswap plus \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/group-photo.jpg" \
  --style realistic

Style options: realistic, beautify, lossless

Video face swap

akool-cli faceswap video \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/video.mp4"

# With face enhancement level (0–100)
akool-cli faceswap video \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/video.mp4" \
  --face-enhance 80

Query & manage results

# Query results by ID
akool-cli faceswap result --ids "abc123,def456"

# Delete results
akool-cli faceswap delete --ids "abc123"

Live / real-time face swap

akool-cli faceswap live \
  --source "https://example.com/face.jpg" \
  --target "https://example.com/stream-url"

character-swap

Create an animated video from a character image and source video.

akool-cli characterswap create \
  --image "https://example.com/character.png" \
  --video "https://example.com/source.mp4"

With options:

akool-cli characterswap create \
  --image "https://example.com/character.png" \
  --video "https://example.com/source.mp4" \
  --duration 10 \
  --resolution 1080p \
  --mode animate \
  --prompt "Make the character dance smoothly"

Query result:

akool-cli characterswap result --id "<job-id>"

image

Text-to-image

akool-cli image generate --prompt "A serene mountain lake at sunset, oil painting style"

# With aspect ratio (options: 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 2:3)
akool-cli image generate \
  --prompt "Futuristic city skyline, cyberpunk aesthetic" \
  --scale 16:9

Image-to-image

akool-cli image generate \
  --prompt "Make it look like a watercolor painting" \
  --source-image "https://example.com/photo.jpg" \
  --scale 1:1

Query result

akool-cli image result --id "<job-id>"

Upscale or generate variations

# Upscale to 4K (U1–U4)
akool-cli image upscale --id "<job-id>" --button U1

# Generate a variation (V1–V4)
akool-cli image upscale --id "<job-id>" --button V2

image2video

Create a video from a static image.

akool-cli image2video create \
  --image "https://example.com/photo.jpg" \
  --prompt "Camera slowly zooms in, water ripples gently"

Premium HD, 10 seconds, 1080p:

akool-cli image2video create \
  --image "https://example.com/landscape.jpg" \
  --prompt "Clouds drift across the sky, trees sway in wind" \
  --resolution 1080p \
  --video-length 10 \
  --premium

With audio soundtrack:

akool-cli image2video create \
  --image "https://example.com/scene.jpg" \
  --prompt "Gentle cinematic pan" \
  --audio-type 2 \
  --audio-url "https://example.com/music.mp3"

Query & manage:

# Query results
akool-cli image2video results --ids "id1,id2"

# List special effects
akool-cli image2video effects
akool-cli image2video effects --provider akool

# Delete records
akool-cli image2video delete --ids "id1,id2"

voice

List voices

# System voices
akool-cli voice list

# Cloned voices
akool-cli voice list --type 1

Text-to-speech

akool-cli voice tts \
  --text "Hello, welcome to Akool AI tools!" \
  --voice-id "<voice-id>"

# With speed and emotion
akool-cli voice tts \
  --text "This is amazing technology!" \
  --voice-id "<voice-id>" \
  --speed 1.2 \
  --emotion happy

# Wait for completion
akool-cli voice tts \
  --text "Wait for this to finish" \
  --voice-id "<voice-id>" \
  --wait

Query result

akool-cli voice result --id "<task-id>"

upgrade

akool-cli upgrade

Tips

JSON output: Add --json anywhere for raw JSON, great for scripting:
```
akool-cli --json credit | jq '.data.credit'
```
Switch environments: Use -e test to hit the test API:
```
akool-cli -e test credit
```

Custom API host:

export AKOOL_API_HOST="https://custom-api.example.com"

Custom CDN for upgrades:

export AKOOL_CDN_BASE_URL="https://your-cdn.example.com/cli"

Async tasks: Most generation commands return immediately with a job ID. Use --webhook for server callbacks, or poll with the result subcommand.

Documentation Index

​Overview

​Install

​Updates

​Authenticate

​Global Options

​Quick Start

​Commands

​Command Reference

​login

​credit

​faceswap

​Image face swap (Pro V4)

​Face Swap Plus V4 (multi-face, image + video)

​Video face swap

​Query & manage results

​Live / real-time face swap

​character-swap

​image

​Text-to-image

​Image-to-image

​Query result

​Upscale or generate variations

​image2video

​voice

​List voices

​Text-to-speech

​Query result

​upgrade

​Tips

Overview

Install

Updates

Authenticate

Global Options

Quick Start

Commands

Command Reference

login

credit

faceswap

Image face swap (Pro V4)

Face Swap Plus V4 (multi-face, image + video)

Video face swap

Query & manage results

Live / real-time face swap

character-swap

image

Text-to-image

Image-to-image

Query result

Upscale or generate variations

image2video

voice

List voices

Text-to-speech

Query result

upgrade

Tips