Quickstart
From zero to a finished carousel in about five minutes. You'll create an account, tell the AI what you're promoting, and get an editable multi-slide post.
1. Create your account
- Go to viral.garden and click Get Started.
- Sign up with Google, or enter your Name, Email, and a Password (at least 6 characters) and click Sign up.
- If you signed up with email, open the confirmation link we send you — it drops you straight into the dashboard.
New accounts start on the Free plan with 10 credits — enough to generate your first posts before picking a plan.
2. Start from a prompt
The fastest path is the prompt box on the landing page. Paste your app's or website's link and submit. The assistant reads the site, creates a project named after your brand with the brand filled in on its Overview tab, and starts 3 drafts in that project's Playground, or as many as your credits cover. You can skip the next step: the drafts appear on the canvas as they finish.
You can also type what you want to post about instead (for example, "a cold-brew coffee brand launching this summer"). You'll land in the dashboard with the AI chat already working on it.
Already in the dashboard? Click the round chat button in the bottom-right corner and paste your link, or describe what you want to create.
3. Pick a template
The assistant asks a quick question or two about your product, then shows These templates could work for you ✨:
- Click Browse Templates.
- Preview the layouts — many are rebuilt from real viral TikTok carousels.
- Click Use this template.
Generation starts immediately; it costs 2 credits per AI-generated image and 1 per stock image on the template, shown on the button before you run it. A progress card tracks it inline; a post usually takes a minute or two, and longer when its template has several AI images.
4. Open it in the editor
When the carousel is ready you'll see every slide in the chat. Click Open in Editor to fine-tune it on the canvas — swap images, rewrite text, drag things around. Everything autosaves as you work. See The editor for the full tour.
5. Download or publish
From the post's ⋮ menu on the canvas:
- Download — exports every slide as a JPEG in a single ZIP, ready to upload anywhere.
- Direct Post — publishes the carousel straight to a connected TikTok account, YouTube channel or Instagram account (paid plans).
- Schedule Post — the same, at a date and time you pick (Schedule a post).