Free-LLM — Open Directory of Free AI & LLM APIs

110+ free LLM models from 34 providers — find, compare & configure free models in seconds, plus 9 local/self-hosted tools for unlimited private use.

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Why This Exists

Finding a free LLM API shouldn't mean hunting through a dozen changelogs, signing up for five platforms just to compare rate limits, or guessing which provider still has a free tier this month.

This repo — backed by the live directory at free-llm.com — is a structured, community-maintained reference covering every provider that lets you use LLMs at zero cost.

• ✅ Community-maintained — votes, submissions, and edit suggestions from real users, moderated before publishing
• ✅ Credit card transparency — every provider below is labeled with whether it needs a card, phone verification, or nothing at all
• ✅ Ready-to-run code — Python/JavaScript/curl snippets for all 33 providers in code-examples/, plus per-tool configs for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex
• ✅ Side-by-side comparison — free-llm.com/compare puts two providers head-to-head on limits, models, and pricing

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How to Use — 3 Steps

1. Pick a provider — see the Provider Directory below. New to this? Start with Groq (no credit card, 30 RPM / 14,400 requests per day, free forever).
2. Get your API key — every row links straight to the provider's key page in Quick Reference. Most only need an email address.
3. Plug it in — copy the base URL + a model ID from the tables below into the snippets in Quick Start.

Full details, live status, and community notes for each provider live on its page at free-llm.com/provider/<slug> (e.g. free-llm.com/provider/groq).

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Quick Start — Use Any Free API in 30 Seconds

Most providers below expose an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Any tool that accepts a baseURL + apiKey works — just swap the two.

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",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
# Groq free tier: 30 RPM, 14,400 requests/day — generous for personal use

Coding assistants

Point your AI coding tool at a free backend instead of a paid one:

• Claude Code — set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL + ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN. See code-examples/claude-code.md
• Cursor — Settings → Models → Add Model. See code-examples/cursor.md
• Codex CLI — set OPENAI_BASE_URL + OPENAI_API_KEY. See code-examples/codex.md

Every other provider has a ready-to-copy snippet in code-examples/ — see Code Examples below.

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Provider Directory

⚡ Permanent Free Tiers

Ongoing free access with rate-limited quotas that never expire.

Provider	Credit Card?	Rate Limit	Daily Limit	Monthly Limit	Key Models
Google AI Studio	No	5-30 RPM (varies by model)	9000 RPD (Flash) / 25 RPD (3.1 Pro)	Free of charge	Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Flash, Gemini 3.0 Flash, Gemini 3.0 Flash-Lite
Mistral (La Plateforme)	Phone verification	1 request/second	-	Free	Mistral 7B, Mixtral 8x7B, Mistral Small, Mistral Nemo
Hugging Face Inference	No	300 Requests / hour	Capped by monthly credit, not a flat request count	$0.10/month in free routing credits (PRO: $2/month)	Llama 3.2 11B Vision, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct, Gemma 2 9B Instruct
Cohere	No	20 requests/minute	-	1,000 requests/month	Command R+ (08-2024), Command R (08-2024), Command R7B (12-2024), Command A (111B)
NVIDIA NIM	Phone verification	40 requests/minute	-	-	See provider
Cerebras	No	30 RPM	1,000,000 Tokens / Day	Free Forever	Llama 3.1 8B (Fast), Llama 3.1 70B (Fast), Llama 4 Scout (Fast), Qwen3 32B (Fast)
Groq	No	30 RPM, 14.4k RPD	14,400 Requests/Day	Free Forever	Qwen3.6 27B, MiniMax M2.7, Llama 3.1 8B, Llama 3.3 70B
Coze	Registration	Varies by model	Token-based daily limits	Resets daily	GPT-4o (via Coze), Gemini 1.5 Pro (via Coze)
Z.AI (GLM)	Registration	~1 request/second (Flash models)	~1,000 requests/day (Flash tier)	Free tier ongoing, subject to change	GLM-4.5-Flash, GLM-4.7-Flash
Cloudflare Workers AI	No	Varies by model	10,000 neurons/day	~300,000 neurons/month	Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct, Mistral 7B Instruct v0.2, Qwen 1.5 7B Chat
OVH AI Endpoints	Registration	2 RPM (Anonymous) / 400 RPM (Auth)	Unspecified	Beta Access	Qwen3Guard-Gen-0.6B (Beta), Qwen3Guard-Gen-8B (Beta), stable-diffusion-xl-base-v10, nvr-tts-es-es
Ollama Cloud	No	Light usage tier, 1 concurrent model	Session limit resets every few hours	Weekly usage limit resets every 7 days	GPT-OSS 120B (Cloud), GPT-OSS 20B (Cloud), Qwen3.5 (Cloud), DeepSeek V4 Flash (Cloud)
Nous Portal	No	Not fully published — verify on portal.nousresearch.com	Not published	Free tier: $0/month, no credit card	Hermes 4
Inference.net	No	30 RPM (fair use)	Fair use policy	Fair use policy	DeepSeek-R1, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

💰 Renewable Credits

Free access that renews periodically, no one-time expiry.

Provider	Credit Card?	Rate Limit	Free Offer	Key Models
OpenRouter	No	20 requests/minute	50 requests/day (up to 1000 with $10 topup)	Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash (free), Google: Gemini 2.0 Pro (free), Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free), NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B (free)
Venice.ai ⚠️ full API access requires a Pro subscription	Registration	10 RPM (free tier)	Limited daily usage	Llama 3.1 405B, Dolphin Mixtral, Stable Diffusion 3
Grok (xAI)	Registration	Varies (low for free tier)	$25 one-time signup credit	Grok-2, Grok-2 Mini, Grok-2 Vision

🎁 One-Time Trial Credits

Sign up and receive credits to use until depleted.

Provider	Credit Card?	Credit Amount	Expiry	Key Models
Together.AI ⚠️ free research models need a $5 minimum deposit	Registration	—	—	PrismML Ternary Bonsai 27B (Free)
Replicate	Registration	Small trial credit	One-time	See provider
Fireworks AI	Registration	$1	One-time	See provider
SambaNova Cloud	Registration	$5	One-time	See provider
Hyperbolic	Registration	$1	One-time	See provider
Nebius (Token Factory)	Registration	$1 (requires a bank card on file)	One-time	See provider
Novita AI	Registration	$0.50	One-time	See provider
Scaleway Generative APIs	Registration	1M tokens	One-time	See provider
Qwen (Alibaba)	Registration	1M tokens/model	One-time per model	See provider
AI21 Labs	Registration	$10	3 months	Jamba Large, Jamba Mini
Upstage	Registration	$10	3 months	See provider
DeepSeek	Registration	5M tokens	30 days	See provider
Requesty	Registration	Free monthly credits	Renewing monthly	See provider
Cerebrium	Registration	$30	One-time	See provider
DeepInfra	Registration	$5	One-time (90 days expiry)	See provider
Friendli AI	Registration	$10	One-time	See provider

🖥️ 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
llamafile	Single executable	Multi-platform, combines llama.cpp + Cosmopolitan Libc
Text Generation WebUI	Gradio UI	Highly customizable, advanced local experimentation
BentoML	Inference platform	Deploy any AI/ML model anywhere, production-grade

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Quick Reference — Base URLs & API Keys

Provider	Base URL	Get API Key
OpenRouter	https://openrouter.ai/api/v1	Get Key →
Google AI Studio	https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta	Get Key →
Together.AI	https://api.together.xyz/v1	Get Key →
Mistral (La Plateforme)	https://api.mistral.ai/v1	Get Key →
Hugging Face Inference	https://router.huggingface.co/v1	Get Key →
Cohere	https://api.cohere.ai/v1	Get Key →
Replicate	https://api.replicate.com/v1	Get Key →
Fireworks AI	https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1	Get Key →
NVIDIA NIM	https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1	Get Key →
Venice.ai	https://api.venice.ai/api/v1	Get Key →
SambaNova Cloud	https://api.sambanova.ai/v1	Get Key →
Hyperbolic	https://api.hyperbolic.xyz/v1	Get Key →
Nebius (Token Factory)	https://api.tokenfactory.nebius.com/v1	Get Key →
Cerebras	https://api.cerebras.ai/v1	Get Key →
Novita AI	https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai	Get Key →
Groq	https://api.groq.com/openai/v1	Get Key →
Scaleway Generative APIs	https://api.scaleway.ai/v1	Get Key →
Qwen (Alibaba)	https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/api/v1	Get Key →
AI21 Labs	https://api.ai21.com/studio/v1	Get Key →
Upstage	https://api.upstage.ai/v1/solar	Get Key →
DeepSeek	https://api.deepseek.com/v1	Get Key →
Coze	https://api.coze.com/v1	Get Key →
Z.AI (GLM)	https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4	Get Key →
Cloudflare Workers AI	https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/	Get Key →
Requesty	https://router.requesty.ai/v1	Get Key →
OVH AI Endpoints	https://oai.endpoints.kepler.ai.cloud.ovh.net/v1	Get Key →
Cerebrium	https://api.cortex.cerebrium.ai/v4	Get Key →
DeepInfra	https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai	Get Key →
Friendli AI	https://inference.friendli.ai/v1	Get Key →
Ollama Cloud	https://ollama.com/v1	Get Key →
Nous Portal	https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1	Get Key →
Inference.net	https://api.inference.net/v1	Get Key →
Grok (xAI)	https://api.x.ai/v1	Get Key →

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Guides & Tutorials

Published at free-llm.com/guides:

• Best Free LLM APIs in 2026 — side-by-side comparison of top picks
• Gemini vs ChatGPT (Free Tier) — what you actually get for $0
• How to Use OpenRouter — setup walkthrough with code
• OpenRouter Alternatives — other aggregators worth trying
• Local LLMs with Ollama — get started in under 5 minutes
• Ultimate Free LLM API Guide — the comprehensive deep-dive

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Community Features

Free-LLM is community-driven. The website at free-llm.com lets visitors:

• Vote on providers to surface the most useful ones
• Submit new providers and models
• Propose edits to existing provider data (admin-reviewed)
• Report models that have gone from free to paid
• Earn recognition on the Hall of Fame leaderboard

Data syncs back to this repository.

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Code Examples

The code-examples/ directory has ready-to-run Python, JavaScript, and curl snippets — just add your API key.

By coding assistant: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex CLI

By provider (33): AI21 Labs · Cerebras · Cerebrium · Chutes.ai · Cloudflare Workers AI · Cohere · Coze · DeepInfra · DeepSeek · Fireworks AI · Friendli AI · GitHub Models · Google AI Studio · Grok / xAI · Groq · Hugging Face Inference · Hyperbolic · Inference.net · Mistral AI · Nebius · Novita AI · NVIDIA NIM · OpenRouter · OVH AI Endpoints · Qwen / Alibaba · Replicate · Requesty · SambaNova · Scaleway · Together.AI · Upstage · Venice.ai · Z.AI (GLM)

Local / Self-Hosted: BentoML · GPT4All · Jan.ai · KoboldCpp · llama.cpp · llamafile · LM Studio · Ollama · Text Gen WebUI

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Repository Structure

Free-LLM/
├── README.md                 ← You are here (English)
├── README.zh-CN.md            ← 简体中文
├── README.zh-TW.md            ← 繁體中文
├── README.ja.md               ← 日本語
├── README.ko.md                ← 한국어
├── CONTRIBUTING.md            ← Contribution guidelines
├── code-examples/             ← Ready-to-use snippets (per-provider + per-tool)
├── .github/                   ← Issue/PR templates
└── LICENSE                    ← MIT

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full guide. Quick version:

1. Add a provider — use the submit form on the website, or open an issue/PR here.
2. Fix inaccurate data — rate limits change, providers graduate or shut down. PRs welcome.
3. Add a config snippet — have a working config for a tool we don't cover? Add it to code-examples/.
4. Vote & discuss — help the community surface the best options at free-llm.com.

Criteria for inclusion

A provider belongs in this list if:

1. It explicitly offers a free tier (not just a trial credit with no free-forever option) — see Provider Directory for how we split permanent tiers from one-time credits
2. The API is publicly accessible (no waitlist, closed beta, or reverse-engineering)
3. For trial credits: clearly labeled and the free-forever alternative (if any) is called out

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Links

• 🌐 Live site: free-llm.com — directory, voting, submissions
• 🆚 Compare providers: free-llm.com/compare
• 📚 Guides: free-llm.com/guides
• 🏆 Hall of Fame: free-llm.com/hall-of-fame
• ➕ Submit a provider: free-llm.com/submit

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

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