awesome-free-llm-apis

<h1 align="center">
	<a href="https://github.com/mnfst/awesome-free-llm-apis">
		<img src="media/awesome-free-llm-apis.png" width="500" alt="Awesome Free LLM APIs">
	</a>
</h1>

<p align="center">
	<a href="https://awesome.re">
		<img src="https://awesome.re/badge-flat2.svg" alt="Awesome">
	</a>
</p>

<p align="center">LLM APIs with permanent free tiers for text inference.</p>

<p align="center"><sub>Most providers offer an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Native and compatible base URLs can differ. Each link points to the provider's API key page.</sub></p>

<p align="center"><sub>All of those free LLM APIs are available at <a href="https://manifest.build">manifest.build</a> - make reliable agents.</sub></p>

<hr>

<h3 align="center">Sponsors</h3>

<p align="center">
	<a href="https://okapi.bot/go/awesome-free-llm-apis">
		<picture>
			<source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="media/okapi-logo-dark.svg">
			<img src="media/okapi-logo-light.svg" width="180" alt="Okapi">
		</picture>
	</a>
	<br>
	<sub>Free API watcher. No more breaking changes.</sub>
</p>

<hr>

## Contents

- [Provider APIs](#provider-apis)
- [Inference providers](#inference-providers)
- [Glossary](#glossary)

## Provider APIs

APIs run by the companies that train or fine-tune the models themselves.

### [Aion Labs](https://www.aionlabs.ai/app/api-keys/) 🇮🇱

Permanent free tier, no credit card required. 15 RPM, 20K tokens/day. Specialized for roleplay and storytelling.

Base URL: `https://api.aionlabs.ai/v1`

| Model Name                       | Context | Max Output | Modality         | Rate Limit      |
| -------------------------------- | ------- | ---------- | ---------------- | --------------- |
| `aion-labs/aion-2.0`             | 128K    | 32K        | Text (reasoning) | 15 RPM, 20K TPD |
| `aion-labs/aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b` | 32K     | 32K        | Text             | 15 RPM, 20K TPD |
| `aion-labs/aion-3.0`             | 128K    | 32K        | Text (reasoning) | 15 RPM, 20K TPD |
| `aion-labs/aion-3.0-mini`        | 128K    | 32K        | Text (reasoning) | 15 RPM, 20K TPD |

### [Cohere](https://dashboard.cohere.com/api-keys) 🇨🇦

Free "Trial" API key, no credit card. 1,000 API calls/month. Non-commercial use only.

Native API base URL: `https://api.cohere.com/v2`

OpenAI-compatible base URL: `https://api.cohere.ai/compatibility/v1`

| Model Name          | Context | Max Output | Modality         | Rate Limit |
| ------------------- | ------- | ---------- | ---------------- | ---------- |
| Command A+ (218B)   | 128K    | 64K        | Text + Image     | 20 RPM     |
| Command A (111B)    | 256K    | 8K         | Text             | 20 RPM     |
| Command R+          | 128K    | 4K         | Text             | 20 RPM     |
| Command R           | 128K    | 4K         | Text             | 20 RPM     |
| Command R7B         | 128K    | 4K         | Text             | 20 RPM     |
| Command A Reasoning | 256K    | 32K        | Text (reasoning) | 20 RPM     |
| Command A Tran