210+ free LLM models from 47 providers โ find, compare & configure free models in seconds, plus 9 local/self-hosted tools for unlimited private use.
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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 โ backed by the live directory at free-llm.com โ is a structured, community-maintained reference covering every provider that lets you use LLMs at zero cost.
- โ Community-maintained โ votes, submissions, and edit suggestions from real users, moderated before publishing
- โ Credit card transparency โ every provider below is labeled with whether it needs a card, phone verification, or nothing at all
- โ
Ready-to-run code โ Python/JavaScript/curl snippets for all 33 providers in
code-examples/, plus per-tool configs for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and OpenCode - โ Side-by-side comparison โ free-llm.com/compare puts two providers head-to-head on limits, models, and pricing
- Pick a provider โ see the Provider Directory below. New to this? Start with Groq (no credit card, 30 RPM / 14,400 requests per day, free forever).
- Get your API key โ every row links straight to the provider's key page in Quick Reference. Most only need an email address.
- Plug it in โ 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).
Most providers below expose an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Any tool that accepts a baseURL + apiKey works โ just swap the two.
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 โ generous for personal usePoint your AI coding tool at a free backend instead of a paid one:
- Claude Code โ set
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL+ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN. Seecode-examples/claude-code.md - Cursor โ Settings โ Models โ Add Model. See
code-examples/cursor.md - Codex CLI โ set
OPENAI_BASE_URL+OPENAI_API_KEY. Seecode-examples/codex.md - OpenCode โ open source AI coding agent, supports multiple providers via
/connector env vars. Seecode-examples/opencode.md
Every other provider has a ready-to-copy snippet in code-examples/ โ see Code Examples below.
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) | Varies by model (Flash / Flash-Lite only; Pro models are paid) | Free of charge | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Mistral (La Plateforme) | Phone verification | 1 request/second | - | Free | Codestral 2508, Ministral 3 8B, Ministral 3 14B, Mistral Large 3 |
| Cohere | No | 20 requests/minute | 1,000 API calls/month (trial key) | 1,000 API calls/month (trial key, non-commercial) | North Mini Code, Command A Reasoning, Command R+ (08-2024), Command R (08-2024) |
| NVIDIA NIM | Phone verification | ~40 RPM (varies per model, not published) | - | - | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B, DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813), Kimi K3 |
| Groq | No | 30 RPM; 8K TPM on most chat models (varies by model) | 1,000 requests/day and 200K tokens/day on gpt-oss / Qwen (varies by model) | Free Forever | Qwen3.8 27B, MiniMax M2.7, Whisper Large v3, Whisper Large v3 Turbo |
| Z.AI (GLM) | Registration | ~1 request/second (Flash models) | ~1,000 requests/day (Flash tier) | Free tier ongoing, subject to change | GLM-4.6V-Flash (vision), GLM-4.5-Flash, GLM-4.7-Flash |
| Coze | Registration | Varies by model | Token-based daily limits | Resets daily | GPT-4o (via Coze), Gemini 1.5 Pro (via Coze) |
| OVH AI Endpoints | Registration | 2 RPM per IP per model (anonymous, free); 400 RPM with a key (pay-as-you-go) | Unspecified | Beta Access | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct, GPT OSS 20B, GPT OSS 120B, Qwen3.5 9B |
| Cloudflare Workers AI | No | Varies by model | 10,000 neurons/day | ~300,000 neurons/month | GLM 4.7 Flash, Mistral Small 3.1 24B, Qwen3 30B A3B, Gemma 4 26B A4B |
| Nous Portal | No | Standard rate limits (figures not published) | Free models only (no monthly credit) | Free tier: $0/month. A GitHub user reported (14 Sep 2026) that a payment method (Stripe, $0 charge) is required to get a key - verify | Poolside Laguna S 2.1, StepFun Step 3.7 Flash, Upstage Solar Mini 4, Meituan LongCat 2.0 |
| Hetzner Inference API | No | 10 requests, 4M input / 100K output tokens per 60s (per API key) | No daily cap published (free while the API is experimental) | Free during experimental phase, no billing system yet | Qwen3.6 35B A3B |
| Pollinations.ai | No | API key required (anonymous access removed); no card | Free usage paid from Quest Pollen earned in the dashboard | Free, no billing system | GPT-OSS 20B, Mistral Large 3, Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.3 Flash |
| ModelScope | Phone verification | 500 requests/day per model | 2,000 requests/day total | Free, no billing | See provider |
| Ollama Cloud | No | 1 concurrent request; starter models only | Monthly starter allowance (resets monthly from sign-up date) | Weekly usage limit resets every 7 days | Gemma 4, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GPT-OSS 120B (Cloud), GPT-OSS 20B (Cloud) |
| SiliconFlow | Phone verification | Fixed limits for free models โ exact figures require login, verify on cloud.siliconflow.cn/models | Not fully published โ verify on docs.siliconflow.cn | Free models available after identity verification | GLM-4 9B 0414, DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B, Qwen3.5 4B, GLM 5.3 Flash |
| Aion Labs | No | 15 RPM, 20K TPM (free tier) | 20,000 tokens/day (daily credit allowance, no card) | Free, no billing | See provider |
| Kilo AI Gateway | No | 200 requests/hour per IP on free models (anonymous use allowed) | Default free models only | Free plan, no expiry | inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash, Cohere North Mini Code, Thinking Machines Inkling Small, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
| Api.Airforce | No | 1 RPM | 1,000 requests/day | Free plan, $0/month | See provider |
| Routeway | Registration | 5 RPM on :free models | 200 requests/day | Starter plan free, shared queue | Muse Glimmer 30B, MiniMax M2.7, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Step 3.7 Flash |
| LLM7.io | No | 1 req/s, 60/min, 250/hour (free token from dash.llm7.io) | 100,000 tokens per 24h (free token; may be reduced without notice) | Free, no billing | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B, GLM 5.3 Flash, Mistral Nemo Instruct 2407, Codestral Latest |
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) | Liquid LFM 2.5 2.6B, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT, Gemma 4 31B IT |
| Token Harbor | Registration | Not published | Free allowance, resets on a rolling 7-day period | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, MiMo V2.6 Flash, TH-Rudder |
| Requesty | No | Concurrency-limited (no RPM cap published) | 200 requests/day (new orgs) / 1,000/day (paying orgs), shared across free models | Mistral Leanstral 1.5, Meta Muse Glimmer 30B, inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash, Gemma 4 31B IT |
| Vercel AI Gateway | Registration | Rate limited per model (lower than paid tier) | Monthly free credit (~$5, verify) | See provider |
| Onomeo | Registration | 12 requests/minute per key | 30 free-model calls every 5 hours per account | Auto (best free model), DeepSeek V4 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.3 Flash |
Sign up and receive credits to use until depleted.
| Provider | Credit Card? | Credit Amount | Expiry | Key Models |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Replicate | Registration | Limited free runs on select models | One-time | See provider |
| Fireworks AI | Registration | $1 | One-time | GLM 5.3, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Kimi K3 |
| Nebius (Token Factory) | Registration | $1 trial credit, valid 30 days (bank card required) | One-time | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507, GLM 5.3, GPT OSS 120B, Qwen3.8 27B |
| Cerebras | Registration | $5 after adding a verified payment method (expires after 30 days) | 30 days | Qwen 3.8 27B, GPT OSS 120B |
| Novita AI | Registration | No automatic sign-up credit; $10 per referral (both sides) | One-time | GLM 5.3, Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Qwen3.8 27B |
| Scaleway Generative APIs | Registration | 1M tokens | One-time | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT, GPT-OSS 120B, Qwen3.6 35B A3B, DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) |
| Qwen (Alibaba) | Registration | 1M tokens/model | One-time per model | Qwen3.8 Flash, Qwen3.7 Plus, Qwen3.8 Max, Qwen3.7 Max |
| AI21 Labs | Registration | $10 (valid 7 days, no card) | 3 months | Jamba Large, Jamba Mini |
| Upstage | Registration | $10 | 3 months | See provider |
| Cerebrium | Registration | $30 | One-time | See provider |
| Nscale | No | Minimum $5 top-up to start (no sign-up credit) | One-time | See provider |
| Grokified | No | $5 | One-time | grok-4.6, grok-4.3, grok-build-0.1 |
| Friendli AI | Registration | Trial credits at onboarding (amount not published) | One-time | DeepSeek V3.2, Gemma 4 31B, GLM 5.2, GLM 5.3 Flash |
| 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 |
| Provider | Base URL | Get API Key |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Google AI Studio | https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta |
Get Key โ |
| Mistral (La Plateforme) | https://api.mistral.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Cohere | https://api.cohere.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Replicate | https://api.replicate.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Fireworks AI | https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| NVIDIA NIM | https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Nebius (Token Factory) | https://api.tokenfactory.nebius.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Cerebras | https://api.cerebras.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Groq | https://api.groq.com/openai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Novita AI | https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai |
Get Key โ |
| Scaleway Generative APIs | https://api.scaleway.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Qwen (Alibaba) | https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/api/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| AI21 Labs | https://api.ai21.com/studio/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Upstage | https://api.upstage.ai/v1/solar |
Get Key โ |
| Z.AI (GLM) | https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4 |
Get Key โ |
| Coze | https://api.coze.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| OVH AI Endpoints | https://oai.endpoints.kepler.ai.cloud.ovh.net/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Cloudflare Workers AI | https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/ |
Get Key โ |
| Nous Portal | https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Hetzner Inference API | https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Pollinations.ai | https://text.pollinations.ai |
Get Key โ |
| ModelScope | https://api-inference.modelscope.cn/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Token Harbor | https://tokenharbor.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Cerebrium | https://api.cortex.cerebrium.ai/v4 |
Get Key โ |
| Ollama Cloud | https://ollama.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Requesty | https://router.requesty.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| SiliconFlow | https://api.siliconflow.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Aion Labs | https://api.aionlabs.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Nscale | https://inference.api.nscale.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Kilo AI Gateway | https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway |
Get Key โ |
| Vercel AI Gateway | https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Api.Airforce | https://api.airforce/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Routeway | https://api.routeway.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Onomeo | https://onomeo.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Grokified | https://api.grokified.com/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| Friendli AI | https://inference.friendli.ai/v1 |
Get Key โ |
| LLM7.io | https://api.llm7.io/v1 |
Get Key โ |
Published at free-llm.com/guides:
- Best Free LLM APIs in 2026 โ side-by-side comparison of top picks
- Gemini vs ChatGPT (Free Tier) โ what you actually get for $0
- How to Use OpenRouter โ setup walkthrough with code
- OpenRouter Alternatives โ other aggregators worth trying
- Local LLMs with Ollama โ get started in under 5 minutes
- Ultimate Free LLM API Guide โ the comprehensive deep-dive
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.
The code-examples/ directory has ready-to-run Python, JavaScript, and curl snippets โ just add your API key.
By coding assistant: Claude Code ยท Cursor ยท Codex CLI ยท OpenCode
By provider (31): AI21 Labs ยท Aion Labs ยท Cerebras ยท Cerebrium ยท Cloudflare Workers AI ยท Cohere ยท Coze ยท Fireworks AI ยท Friendli AI ยท Google AI Studio ยท Groq ยท Hetzner Inference API ยท LLM7.io ยท Mistral (La Plateforme) ยท ModelScope ยท Nebius (Token Factory) ยท Nous Portal ยท Novita AI ยท Nscale ยท NVIDIA NIM ยท Ollama Cloud ยท OpenRouter ยท OVH AI Endpoints ยท Pollinations.ai ยท Qwen (Alibaba) ยท Replicate ยท Requesty ยท Scaleway Generative APIs ยท SiliconFlow ยท Upstage ยท Z.AI (GLM)
Local / Self-Hosted: BentoML ยท GPT4All ยท Jan.ai ยท KoboldCpp ยท llama.cpp ยท llamafile ยท LM Studio ยท Ollama ยท Text Gen WebUI
Free-LLM/
โโโ README.md โ You are here (English)
โโโ README.zh-CN.md โ ็ฎไฝไธญๆ
โโโ README.zh-TW.md โ ็น้ซไธญๆ
โโโ README.ja.md โ ๆฅๆฌ่ช
โโโ README.ko.md โ ํ๊ตญ์ด
โโโ CONTRIBUTING.md โ Contribution guidelines
โโโ code-examples/ โ Ready-to-use snippets (per-provider + per-tool)
โโโ .github/ โ Issue/PR templates
โโโ LICENSE โ MIT
See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full guide. Quick version:
- Add a provider โ use the submit form on the website, or open an issue/PR here.
- Fix inaccurate data โ rate limits change, providers graduate or shut down. PRs welcome.
- Add a config snippet โ have a working config for a tool we don't cover? Add it to
code-examples/. - Vote & discuss โ help the community surface the best options at free-llm.com.
A provider belongs in this list if:
- It explicitly offers a free tier (not just a trial credit with no free-forever option) โ see Provider Directory for how we split permanent tiers from one-time credits
- The API is publicly accessible (no waitlist, closed beta, or reverse-engineering)
- For trial credits: clearly labeled and the free-forever alternative (if any) is called out
- ๐ Live site: free-llm.com โ directory, voting, submissions
- ๐ Compare providers: free-llm.com/compare
- ๐ Guides: free-llm.com/guides
- ๐ Hall of Fame: free-llm.com/hall-of-fame
- โ Submit a provider: free-llm.com/submit
MIT โ see LICENSE for details.
Data synced automatically from the live directory โ last updated: 2026-10-17