awesome-free-llm-apis

446+ free LLM APIs from 31 providers — find, compare & configure free models in seconds.

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Why This Exists

Finding a free LLM API shouldn't mean hunting through a dozen GitHub READMEs, signing up for five different platforms, or guessing which models still have a free tier.

This repo is a structured, machine-readable directory of every free LLM API — rate limits, context windows, one-click config snippets, and direct API key links. Updated daily.

Why this repo + freellm.net:

✅ Always up-to-date — data refreshed daily via automated monitoring, not a 2-year-old static list
✅ Credit card transparency — clearly shows which providers require a card, phone verification, or nothing at all
✅ One-click configs — ready-to-copy snippets for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Aider, and 10+ more tools
✅ Side-by-side comparison — compare context windows, rate limits, and modalities across providers instantly

How to Use — 3 Steps

Pick a provider — see Provider Directory below. Start with Groq (no credit card, 30 RPM free).
Get your API key — click any Get Key → link below, sign up (most need just an email), and copy your key. Takes < 1 minute.
Plug it in — copy the base URL + model ID, paste into the Quick Start examples below.

Configuring a specific tool? Claude Code · Cursor · Codex · OpenHuman · OpenCode · OpenClaw — one-click configs at freellm.net/config/.

Quick Start — Use Any Free API in 30 Seconds

Never used an API before? Here's the simplest path: go to console.groq.com/keys, sign up with just an email (no credit card), copy your free key, and paste it into any example below. You'll be running in under a minute.

All providers below expose an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Any tool that accepts baseURL + apiKey works — just swap the base URL and key.

Python (OpenAI SDK)

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",  # free, no credit card
    api_key="GROQ_API_KEY",                     # get at console.groq.com/keys
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="llama-3.3-70b-versatile",            # see Best Models table below
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
# Groq free tier: 30 RPM, 14,400 RPD — generous for personal use

Codex CLI

export OPENAI_BASE_URL="https://api.groq.com/openai/v1"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-groq-key"          # get at console.groq.com/keys
codex --model "llama-3.3-70b-versatile"

Cursor

Settings → Models → Add Model
  Model name: llama-3.3-70b-versatile
  Base URL: https://api.groq.com/openai/v1
  API key: your-groq-key                       # get at console.groq.com/keys

Claude Code

# Claude Code needs an Anthropic-compatible API — use OpenRouter
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://openrouter.ai/api"
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="sk-or-v1-your-key"  # openrouter.ai/keys
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=""                       # must be empty
# Note: OpenRouter Anthropic models need $10 top-up (one-time)

Using Other Tools?

Most AI dev tools accept custom API endpoints — just point them at any provider above. Grab your free key, then:

Claude Code — set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL + ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN. Step-by-step →
Cursor — Settings → Models → Add Model. Step-by-step →
Codex CLI — set OPENAI_BASE_URL + OPENAI_API_KEY. Step-by-step →
OpenHuman — edit config.toml. Step-by-step →
Aider — edit .aider.conf.yml. Step-by-step →
Cline (VS Code) — API provider settings. Step-by-step →
Open WebUI — Settings → Connections. Step-by-step →

More ready-to-copy configs at freellm.net/config/.

All providers, base URLs, and API key links are in the Quick Reference below.

Provider Directory

⚡ Permanent Free Tiers

These providers offer a permanently free tier — no credit card required for most.

Provider	Free Models	Credit Card?	Max Context	Modalities	Get API Key
NVIDIA NIM	125	Phone verification	1M	audio, embedding, image, reasoning, rerank, text, video, vision	→
ModelScope	56	Registration	1M	audio, image, reasoning, text, video, vision	→
Cloudflare Workers AI	40	No	10M	code, image, reasoning, text, video	→
Google Gemini	17	No	1M	audio, image, pdf, reasoning, text, video, vision	→
GitHub Models	16	No	1M	image, pdf, reasoning, text	→
LLM7.io	16	No	1M	audio, code, image, pdf, reasoning, text, video, vision	→
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	14	Registration	262K	audio, code, image, reasoning, text, video	→
Ollama Cloud	13	Registration	1M	code, image, reasoning, text, video, vision	→
Groq	12	No	262K	image, reasoning, text	→
Mistral AI	12	No	256K	code, image, text	→
Cohere	12	No	436K	image, text	→
Kilo Code	12	No	1M	audio, code, image, reasoning, text, video	→
OpenCode Zen	11	Registration	1M	audio, reasoning, vision	→
Cerebras	8	No	131K	image, reasoning, text	→
Aion Labs	7	Registration	131K	text	→
Hugging Face	7	No	131K	code, text	→
Agnes AI	5	Registration	256K	image, text, video, vision	→
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio	5	Registration	1M	code, image, text	→
Z AI (Zhipu AI)	4	No	200K	image, reasoning, text, video	→
SambaNova	4	Registration	128K	image, reasoning, text	→
SiliconFlow	3	Registration	131K	text	→
xAI	3	Registration	2M	text	→
Cline	3	Registration	0	text	→
Chutes.ai	2	Registration	131K	reasoning, text	→
Glhf.chat	2	Registration	131K	text	→
Grok (xAI)	2	Registration	131K	text	→
AI21 Labs	2	Registration	256K	text	→
DeepSeek	2	Registration	128K	text	→
Nscale	2	Registration	128K	text	→
Nebius	1	Registration	128K	text	→

💰 Renewable Credits

Providers that periodically renew free credits.

Provider	Free Models	Credit Model	Max Context	Modalities	Get API Key
OpenRouter	28	Free tier + $10 topup → 1K RPD	1M	audio, code, embeddings, image, reasoning, rerank, speech, text, video	→

Quick Reference — Base URLs & API Keys

Provider	Base URL	Get API Key	Credit Card?
NVIDIA NIM	`https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1`	Get Key →	Phone verification
ModelScope	`https://api-inference.modelscope.cn/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Cloudflare Workers AI	`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run`	Get Key →	No
OpenRouter	`https://openrouter.ai/api/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Google Gemini	`https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta`	Get Key →	No
GitHub Models	`https://models.github.ai/inference`	Get Key →	No
LLM7.io	`https://api.llm7.io/v1`	Get Key →	No
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	`https://oai.endpoints.kepler.ai.cloud.ovh.net/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Ollama Cloud	`https://api.ollama.com`	Get Key →	Registration
Groq	`https://api.groq.com/openai/v1`	Get Key →	No
Mistral AI	`https://api.mistral.ai/v1`	Get Key →	No
Cohere	`https://api.cohere.com/v2`	Get Key →	No
Kilo Code	`https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway`	Get Key →	No
OpenCode Zen	`https://opencode.ai/zen/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Cerebras	`https://api.cerebras.ai/v1`	Get Key →	No
Aion Labs	`https://api.aionlabs.ai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Hugging Face	`https://router.huggingface.co/v1`	Get Key →	No
Agnes AI	`https://apihub.agnes-ai.com/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio	`https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Z AI (Zhipu AI)	`https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4`	Get Key →	No
SambaNova	`https://api.sambanova.ai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
SiliconFlow	`https://api.siliconflow.cn/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
xAI	`https://api.x.ai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Cline	``	Get Key →	Registration
Chutes.ai	`https://api.chutes.ai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Glhf.chat	`https://glhf.chat/api/openai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Grok (xAI)	`https://api.x.ai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
AI21 Labs	`https://api.ai21.com/studio/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
DeepSeek	`https://api.deepseek.com/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Nscale	`https://inference.api.nscale.com/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Nebius	`https://api.studio.nebius.com/v1`	Get Key →	Registration

Best Free Models by Provider

Provider	Best Free Model	Model ID	Max Context	Rate Limit
NVIDIA NIM	z-ai/glm-5.2	`z-ai/glm-5.2`	1M	Up to 40 RPM
	poolside/laguna-xs-2.1	`poolside/laguna-xs-2.1`	262K	Up to 40 RPM
	z-ai/glm-5.1	`z-ai/glm-5.1`	202K	Up to 40 RPM
ModelScope	MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed	`MiniMax/MiniMax-M2.5`	204K	See provider
	Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	`qwen-qwen3-5-35b-a3b`	131K	2,000 RPD total; <=500 ..
	Qwen/Qwen3.5-27B	`qwen-qwen3-5-27b`	131K	2,000 RPD total; <=500 ..
Cloudflare Workers AI	Mistral 7B	`@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1`	32K	See provider
	Qwen 1.5 7B	`@cf/qwen/qwen1.5-7b-chat`	32K	See provider
	@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast	`@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast`	131K	10K neurons/day (shared)
OpenRouter	NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)	`nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free`	1M	See provider
	Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)	`poolside/laguna-m.1:free`	262K	See provider
	NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)	`nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free`	262K	See provider
Google Gemini	Gemini 3.6 Flash	`gemini-3.6-flash`	1M	15 RPM, 1,500 RPD
	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	1M	15 RPM, 1,500 RPD
	Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	`gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	1M	30 RPM, 1,500 RPD
GitHub Models	Phi-4	`Phi-4`	131K	See provider
	Mistral Large (24.11)	`Mistral-large-2411`	131K	See provider
	AI21 Jamba 1.5 Large	`AI21-Jamba-1.5-Large`	256K	See provider
LLM7.io	deepseek-r1-0528	`deepseek-r1-0528`	131K	30 RPM (120 with token)
	deepseek-v3-0324	`deepseek-v3`	131K	30 RPM (120 with token)
	gpt-4o-mini	`gpt-4o-mini`	131K	30 RPM (120 with token)
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B	`qwen3.5-397b-a17b`	131K	2 RPM (anonymous)
	Meta-Llama-3_3-70B-Instruct	`meta-llama-3_3-70b-instruct`	131K	2 RPM (anonymous)
	Qwen3.6-27B	`qwen3.6-27b`	131K	2 RPM (anonymous)
Ollama Cloud	minimax-m3	`minimax-m3`	1M	Session/weekly limits (..
	gpt-oss:20b	`gpt-oss:20b`	131K	Session/weekly limits (..
	nemotron-3-ultra	`nemotron-3-ultra`	262K	Session/weekly limits (..
Groq	Moonshot Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct`	131K	See provider
	Moonshot Kimi K2 0905	`moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905`	131K	See provider
	groq/compound	`groq/compound`	131K	30 RPM, 250 RPD
Mistral AI	Mistral 7B	`open-mistral-7b`	32K	See provider
	Mixtral 8x7B	`open-mixtral-8x7b`	32K	See provider
	Mistral Medium 3.5 (128B)	`mistral-medium-3-5-128b`	256K	~1 RPS, 500K TPM
Cohere	Command A+ (218B)	`command-a-218b`	436K	20 RPM
	Command A (111B)	`command-a-111b`	288K	20 RPM
	Command R+	`command-r`	128K	20 RPM
Kilo Code	nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free	`nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free`	1M	~200 req/hr
	stepfun/step-3.7-flash:free	`stepfun/step-3.7-flash:free`	262K	~200 req/hr
	nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free	`nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free`	262K	~200 req/hr
OpenCode Zen	big-pickle	`big-pickle`	0
	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek-v4-flash-free`	1M
	MiMo-V2.5	`mimo-v2.5-free`	1M
Cerebras	Llama 3.1 70B	`llama3.1-70b`	131K	See provider
	gpt-oss-120b	`gpt-oss-120b`	131K	5 RPM, 30K TPM, 1M TPD
	zai-glm-4.7 (deprecated Aug 2026)	`zai-glm-4.7`	131K	5 RPM, 30K TPM, 1M TPD
Aion Labs	Aion 2.5	`aion-2-5`	128K	15 RPM, 20K TPD
	Aion 2.0	`aion-2-0`	128K	15 RPM, 20K TPD
	Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)	`aion-rp-1-0-8b`	32K	15 RPM, 20K TPD
Hugging Face	Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct	`meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct`	128K	Credit-metered
	gemma-3-4b-it	`gemma-3-4b-it`	131K	Credit-metered
	Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct	`qwen2-5-coder-7b-instruct`	131K	Credit-metered
Agnes AI	agnes-1.5-flash	`agnes-1.5-flash`	256K	30 RPM
	agnes-2.0-flash	`agnes-2.0-flash`	256K	30 RPM
	agnes-image-2.0-flash	`agnes-image-2.0-flash`	4K	30 RPM (1K)
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio	Qwen3-Max	`qwen3-max`	128K	Tiered by region
	Qwen3-Plus	`qwen3-plus`	1M	Tiered by region
	Qwen3-VL-Plus	`qwen3-vl-plus`	128K	Tiered by region
Z AI (Zhipu AI)	GLM-4.7-Flash	`glm-4.7`	200K	1 concurrent request
	GLM-4.5-Flash	`glm-4.5`	128K	1 concurrent request
	GLM-4.6V-Flash	`glm-4.6`	128K	1 concurrent request
SambaNova	DeepSeek-V3.1	`deepseek-v3-1`	128K	20 RPM, 20 RPD, 200K TPD
	DeepSeek-V3.2 (Preview)	`deepseek-v3-2-preview`	128K	20 RPM, 20 RPD, 200K TPD
	MiniMax-M2.7	`minimax-m2-7`	128K	20 RPM, 20 RPD, 200K TPD
SiliconFlow	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B	`deepseek-ai-deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-7b`	131K	30 RPM, 60K TPM
	Abbreviation	`abbreviation`	131K	See provider
	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR	`deepseek-ai-deepseek-ocr`	131K	30 RPM, 60K TPM
xAI	grok-4.3	`grok-4-3`	1M	Credit-based
	grok-4.1-fast	`grok-4-1-fast`	2M	Credit-based
	grok-3-mini	`grok-3-mini`	131K	Credit-based
Cline	deepseek-v4-flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`	0	See provider
	laguna-s-2.1:free	`poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free`	0	See provider
	ox-alpha	`stealth/ox-alpha`	0	See provider
Chutes.ai	DeepSeek-R1	`deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1`	131K	Community-powered, no h..
	Llama 3.1 70B	`meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct`	131K	Community-powered, no h..
Glhf.chat	Llama 3.1 70B	`meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct`	131K	Unlimited for free models
	Mixtral 8x7B	`mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1`	32K	Unlimited for free models
Grok (xAI)	Grok-2	`grok-2`	131K	$25/month free credits,..
	Grok-2 Mini	`grok-2-mini`	131K	$25/month free credits,..
AI21 Labs	Jamba Large 1.7	`jamba-large-1-7`	256K	200 RPM, 10 RPS
	Jamba Mini 2	`jamba-mini-2`	256K	200 RPM, 10 RPS
DeepSeek	deepseek-chat (V3.2)	`deepseek-chat-v3-2`	128K	Dynamic
	deepseek-reasoner (R1)	`deepseek-reasoner-r1`	128K	Dynamic
Nscale	Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct	`llama-3-3-70b-instruct`	128K	Fair-use
	DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B	`deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b`	128K	Fair-use
Nebius	Qwen3-235B-A22B	`qwen3-235b-a22b`	128K	Tier-based

🖥️ Local / Self-Hosted (Unlimited, Private, Free Forever)

Tool	Type	Highlights
Ollama	CLI + API	100+ models, GPU acceleration, OpenAI-compatible endpoint
LM Studio	Desktop GUI	Any GGUF model, built-in model browser, offline
llama.cpp	C/C++ engine	Runs any GGUF, minimal dependencies
GPT4All	Desktop app	CPU-only, no GPU required, open source
Jan.ai	Desktop app	Privacy-focused, 100% offline ChatGPT alternative
KoboldCpp	Single executable	Optimized for creative writing, GGUF

Top Free Models (by Weekly Usage)

Data from freellm.net, updated daily via API monitoring.

Model	Provider	Context	Weekly Usage
z-ai/glm-5.2	NVIDIA NIM	1M	2998B tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)	OpenRouter	1M	2326B tokens
Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)	OpenRouter	262K	768B tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)	OpenRouter	262K	315B tokens
Cohere: North Mini Code (free)	OpenRouter	256K	255B tokens
poolside/laguna-xs-2.1	NVIDIA NIM	262K	171B tokens
z-ai/glm-5.1	NVIDIA NIM	202K	158B tokens
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)	OpenRouter	262K	83B tokens
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)	OpenRouter	262K	81B tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)	OpenRouter	256K	45B tokens

Repository Structure

awesome-free-llm-apis/
├── README.md              ← Complete provider directory & code examples
├── code-examples/          ← Ready-to-use config snippets
│   ├── claude-code.md
│   ├── cursor.md
│   └── codex.md
└── LICENSE                 ← MIT

For the full structured dataset with 453 models and daily updates, visit freellm.net.

Contributing

We welcome contributions!

Add a missing free model — Open an issue or submit a PR
Fix inaccurate data — Rate limits change, providers graduate. PRs welcome
Add a config snippet — Have a working config for a tool we don't cover? Add it to code-examples/

Criteria for inclusion

A model belongs in this list if:

The provider explicitly offers a free tier (not just a trial credit)
The API is publicly accessible (no waitlist, closed beta, or reverse-engineering)
For trial credits: clearly labeled and minimum $1 credit value

Links

🌐 Live site: freellm.net — search, compare, playground, config generator
🔑 API key directory: freellm.net/free-llm-api-keys/
⚙️ Config generator: freellm.net/config/
🎮 Playground: freellm.net/playground/
📊 Compare models: freellm.net/compare/

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