awesome-free-llm-apis
Reference guide for permanent free-tier LLM APIs with rate limits, model lists, and OpenAI-compatible integration patterns.
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Skill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection.
A curated list of LLM providers offering permanent free tiers for text inference — no trial credits, no expiry. All endpoints listed are OpenAI SDK-compatible unless noted.
Provider Overview
Provider APIs (trained/fine-tuned by the company)
| Provider | Notable Models | Rate Limits | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere | Command A, Command R+, Aya Expanse 32B | 20 RPM, 1K req/mo | 🇺🇸 |
| Google Gemini | Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash, Flash-Lite | 5–15 RPM, 100–1K RPD | 🇺🇸 (not EU/UK/CH) |
| Mistral AI | Mistral Large 3, Small 3.1, Ministral 8B | 1 req/s, 1B tok/mo | 🇪🇺 |
| Zhipu AI | GLM-4.7-Flash, GLM-4.5-Flash, GLM-4.6V-Flash | Undocumented | 🇨🇳 |
Inference Providers (host open-weight models)
| Provider | Notable Models | Rate Limits | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebras | Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen3 235B, GPT-OSS-120B | 30 RPM, 14,400 RPD | 🇺🇸 |
| Cloudflare Workers AI | Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen QwQ 32B | 10K neurons/day | 🇺🇸 |
| GitHub Models | GPT-4o, Llama 3.3 70B, DeepSeek-R1 | 10–15 RPM, 50–150 RPD | 🇺🇸 |
| Groq | Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 4 Scout, Kimi K2 | 30 RPM, 1K RPD | 🇺🇸 |
| Hugging Face | Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen2.5 72B, Mistral 7B | $0.10/mo free credits | 🇺🇸 |
| Kluster AI | DeepSeek-R1, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen3-235B | Undocumented | 🇺🇸 |
| LLM7.io | DeepSeek R1, Flash-Lite, Qwen2.5 Coder | 30 RPM (120 with token) | 🇬🇧 |
| NVIDIA NIM | Llama 3.3 70B, Mistral Large, Qwen3 235B | 40 RPM | 🇺🇸 |
| Ollama Cloud | DeepSeek-V3.2, Qwen3.5, Kimi-K2.5 | 1 concurrent, light usage | 🇺🇸 |
| OpenRouter | DeepSeek R1, Llama 3.3 70B, GPT-OSS-120B | 20 RPM, 50 RPD (1K with $10+) | 🇺🇸 |
Getting API Keys
Each provider has its own key management page:
# Store keys as environment variables — never hardcode them
export GROQ_API_KEY="your_groq_key"
export GEMINI_API_KEY="your_gemini_key"
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY="your_openrouter_key"
export MISTRAL_API_KEY="your_mistral_key"
export COHERE_API_KEY="your_cohere_key"
export CEREBRAS_API_KEY="your_cerebras_key"
export GITHUB_TOKEN="your_github_pat"
export HF_TOKEN="your_huggingface_token"
export NVIDIA_API_KEY="your_nvidia_key"
export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="your_cf_token"
export CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID="your_cf_account_id"
OpenAI SDK Integration
All providers (except Ollama Cloud) are OpenAI SDK-compatible — just swap the base_url and api_key.
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