awesome-free-llm-apis

243+ free LLM APIs from 28 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	75	Phone verification	1M	image, text	→
Groq	14	No	262K	text	→
Cloudflare Workers AI	13	No	10M	code, image, text	→
GitHub Models	13	No	1M	text	→
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	12	Registration	262K	code, image, text	→
Mistral AI	9	No	256K	code, image, text	→
Cohere	6	No	256K	text	→
Cerebras	6	No	131K	text	→
LLM7.io	6	No	131K	code, text	→
FlintAPI	2	No	131K	text	→
Ollama Cloud	6	Registration	262K	code, text	→
Aion Labs	5	Registration	131K	text	→
Google Gemini	5	No	2M	text	→
Hugging Face	5	No	131K	text	→
Kilo Code	5	No	262K	code, text	→
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio	5	Registration	1M	code, image, text	→
SambaNova	4	Registration	128K	text	→
Z AI (Zhipu AI)	3	No	200K	text	→
ModelScope	3	Registration	131K	text	→
SiliconFlow	3	Registration	131K	text	→
xAI	3	Registration	2M	text	→
AI21 Labs	2	Registration	256K	text	→
DeepSeek	2	Registration	128K	text	→
Nscale	2	Registration	128K	text	→
Chutes.ai	2	Registration	131K	text	→
Glhf.chat	2	Registration	131K	text	→
Grok (xAI)	2	Registration	131K	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	29	Free tier + $10 topup → 1K RPD	1M	audio, code, embeddings, image, reasoning, rerank, text	→

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
OpenRouter	`https://openrouter.ai/api/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Groq	`https://api.groq.com/openai/v1`	Get Key →	No
Cloudflare Workers AI	`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run`	Get Key →	No
GitHub Models	`https://models.github.ai/inference`	Get Key →	No
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	`https://oai.endpoints.kepler.ai.cloud.ovh.net/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Mistral AI	`https://api.mistral.ai/v1`	Get Key →	No
Cohere	`https://api.cohere.com/v2`	Get Key →	No
Cerebras	`https://api.cerebras.ai/v1`	Get Key →	No
LLM7.io	`https://api.llm7.io/v1`	Get Key →	No
Ollama Cloud	`https://api.ollama.com`	Get Key →	Registration
Aion Labs	`https://api.aionlabs.ai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Google Gemini	`https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta`	Get Key →	No
Hugging Face	`https://router.huggingface.co/v1`	Get Key →	No
Kilo Code	`https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway`	Get Key →	No
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio	`https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
SambaNova	`https://api.sambanova.ai/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
Z AI (Zhipu AI)	`https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4`	Get Key →	No
ModelScope	`https://api-inference.modelscope.cn/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
SiliconFlow	`https://api.siliconflow.cn/v1`	Get Key →	Registration
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
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
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-5.1	`z-ai/glm-5.1`	202K	Up to 40 RPM
	moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	`moonshotai/kimi-k2.6`	262K	Up to 40 RPM
	qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b	`qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b`	256K	Up to 40 RPM
OpenRouter	Owl Alpha	`openrouter/owl-alpha`	1M	See provider
	NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)	`nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free`	1M	See provider
	Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Pro (free)	`nex-agi/nex-n2-pro:free`	262K	See provider
Groq	llama-3.3-70b-versatile	`llama-3-3-70b-versatile`	131K	30 RPM, 1,000 RPD
	llama-3.1-8b-instant	`llama-3-1-8b-instant`	131K	30 RPM, 1,000 RPD
	llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct	`llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct`	131K	30 RPM, 1,000 RPD
Cloudflare Workers AI	@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast	`cf-meta-llama-3-3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast`	131K	10K neurons/day (shared)
	@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct	`cf-meta-llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct`	10M	10K neurons/day (shared)
	@cf/openai/gpt-oss-120b	`cf-openai-gpt-oss-120b`	128K	10K neurons/day (shared)
GitHub Models	gpt-5	`gpt-5`	200K	10 RPM, 50 RPD
	gpt-4.1	`gpt-4-1`	1M	10 RPM, 50 RPD
	gpt-4.1-mini	`gpt-4-1-mini`	1M	15 RPM, 150 RPD
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B	`qwen3-5-397b-a17b`	131K	2 RPM (anonymous)
	gpt-oss-20b	`gpt-oss-20b`	128K	2 RPM (anonymous)
	Meta-Llama-3_3-70B-Instruct	`meta-llama-3-3-70b-instruct`	131K	2 RPM (anonymous)
Mistral AI	Mistral Medium 3.5 (128B)	`mistral-medium-3-5-128b`	256K	~1 RPS, 500K TPM
	Mistral Small 4	`mistral-small-4`	256K	~1 RPS, 500K TPM
	Mistral Large 3	`mistral-large-3`	256K	~1 RPS, 500K TPM
Cohere	Command A+ (218B)	`command-a-218b`	128K	20 RPM
	Command A (111B)	`command-a-111b`	256K	20 RPM
	Command R+	`command-r`	128K	20 RPM
Cerebras	gpt-oss-120b	`gpt-oss-120b`	128K	30 RPM, 14,400 RPD, 1M ..
	zai-glm-4.7	`zai-glm-4-7`	128K	10 RPM, 100 RPD, 1M TPD
	llama-3.3-70b	`llama-3-3-70b`	128K	30 RPM, 14,400 RPD, 1M ..
LLM7.io	deepseek-r1-0528	`deepseek-r1-0528`	131K	30 RPM (120 with token)
	deepseek-v3-0324	`deepseek-v3-0324`	131K	30 RPM (120 with token)
	gemini-2.5-flash-lite	`gemini-2-5-flash-lite`	131K	30 RPM (120 with token)
Ollama Cloud	gpt-oss:120b-cloud	`gpt-oss-120b-cloud`	128K	Session/weekly limits (..
	deepseek-v3.1:671b-cloud	`deepseek-v3-1-671b-cloud`	128K	Session/weekly limits (..
	qwen3-coder:480b-cloud	`qwen3-coder-480b-cloud`	128K	Session/weekly limits (..
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
Google Gemini	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3-5-flash`	1M	15 RPM, 1,500 RPD
	Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite	`gemini-3-1-flash-lite`	1M	30 RPM, 1,500 RPD
	Gemini 2.5 Flash	`gemini-2-5-flash`	1M	15 RPM, 1,500 RPD
Hugging Face	Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct	`meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct`	128K	Credit-metered
	Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3	`mistral-7b-instruct-v0-3`	32K	Credit-metered
	Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1	`mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0-1`	32K	Credit-metered
Kilo Code	x-ai/grok-code-fast-1:free	`x-ai-grok-code-fast-1-free`	256K	~200 req/hr
	minimax/minimax-m2.5:free	`minimax-minimax-m2-5-free`	196K	~200 req/hr
	bytedance-seed/dola-seed-2.0-pro:free	`bytedance-seed-dola-seed-2-0-pro-free`	131K	~200 req/hr
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
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
Z AI (Zhipu AI)	GLM-4.7-Flash	`glm-4-7-flash`	200K	1 concurrent request
	GLM-4.6V-Flash	`glm-4-6v-flash`	128K	1 concurrent request
	GLM-4.5-Flash	`glm-4-5-flash`	128K	1 concurrent request
ModelScope	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 ..
	Qwen/Qwen-Image	`qwen-qwen-image`	131K	2,000 RPD total; model/..
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
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
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,..
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
Owl Alpha	OpenRouter	1M	2448B tokens
z-ai/glm-5.1	NVIDIA NIM	202K	957B tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)	OpenRouter	1M	762B tokens
Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Pro (free)	OpenRouter	262K	710B tokens
Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)	OpenRouter	262K	597B tokens
moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	NVIDIA NIM	262K	491B tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)	OpenRouter	1M	363B tokens
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (free)	OpenRouter	131K	206B tokens
Poolside: Laguna XS.2 (free)	OpenRouter	262K	95B tokens
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free)	OpenRouter	131K	58B 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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