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cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources — explained in plain English

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27,726PythonAudience · vibe coderComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

tl;dr

A curated, auto-updated list of services offering free or trial-credit API access to large language models, with the specific models and rate limits for each provider.

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    What it does
      Lists free LLM APIs
      Tracks rate limits
      Auto-updated by script
    Categories
      Free providers
      Trial credit providers
    Example providers
      OpenRouter
      Google AI Studio
      Groq
      Cerebras
    Use cases
      Prototype without paying
      Compare rate limits
      Find trial credits

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Find a free API to test or build a small AI-powered app without paying for model access.

VIBE 2

Compare rate limits across providers like Groq, OpenRouter, and Google AI Studio before choosing one.

VIBE 3

Locate trial-credit providers such as Fireworks or Baseten to prototype with a larger model.

VIBE 4

Check which free-tier providers require phone verification or data-training opt-in before signing up.

what's the stack?

Python

how it stacks up fr

cheahjs/free-llm-api-resourcespydantic/pydanticlocustio/locust
Stars27,72627,69427,764
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/52/52/5
Audiencevibe coderdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

This is a reference list, not software to install, some listed providers require phone verification for their free tier.

No license information is stated in the README.

in plain english

Free LLM API resources is a curated, regularly updated list of services that let you access large language models through an API for free, or with free trial credits. It is aimed at people building AI-powered apps or experimenting with models like Llama, Gemini, and other open or proprietary systems, who want to avoid paying for API access while testing or building something small. The README explicitly asks people not to abuse these free tiers, since that risks the community losing access to them, and it excludes any service that works by reverse engineering an existing chatbot rather than offering a legitimate API. The list is split into two main sections: providers offering ongoing free access, and providers offering trial credits that eventually run out. The free-access section covers services such as OpenRouter, Google AI Studio, NVIDIA NIM, Mistral, HuggingFace Inference Providers, Vercel AI Gateway, Cerebras, Groq, Cohere, GitHub Models, and Cloudflare Workers AI. For each provider, the README lists the specific models available and the rate limits attached to them, such as requests per minute, requests per day, or tokens per minute, since these limits vary a lot between providers and change over time. The trial-credit section lists services like Fireworks, Baseten, Nebius, Novita, AI21, Upstage, NLP Cloud, Alibaba Cloud's Model Studio, Modal, Inference.net, Hyperbolic, SambaNova Cloud, and Scaleway, which typically give a fixed amount of free credit or trial period rather than an indefinitely free tier. Some providers require phone number verification or opting into having your data used for model training as a condition of the free tier, and the README notes this where it applies. The README states it is generated automatically by a script in the repository, so the list of models and limits stays current with what each provider is offering at any given time rather than being manually maintained by hand.

prompts (copy fr)

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Which free LLM API provider from this list has the highest daily request limit for a coding assistant?
prompt 2
Compare OpenRouter's free tier and Groq's free tier for building a chatbot prototype.
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List the providers in this repo that don't require phone number verification for their free tier.
prompt 4
Help me pick a free API from this list to run Llama 3.3 70B for a weekend project.
prompt 5
Explain the tradeoffs between using a free-access provider versus a trial-credit provider from this list.

Frequently asked questions

what is free-llm-api-resources fr?

A curated, auto-updated list of services offering free or trial-credit API access to large language models, with the specific models and rate limits for each provider.

What language is free-llm-api-resources written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python.

What license does free-llm-api-resources use?

No license information is stated in the README.

How hard is free-llm-api-resources to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is free-llm-api-resources for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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