Self-hosted router that pools free-tier LLM provider keys behind one OpenAI-compatible API, for developers and coding agents.
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FreeLLMAPI at a glance
Checked 18 Oct 2026FreeLLMAPI is a Node 20+ server, desktop app (Windows, macOS) and Docker image that stores your free-tier keys for providers such as Groq, Google and Mistral and routes each request to one with quota left. It speaks OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini formats, so Claude Code or Codex can use it. MIT licence, but open-core: free installs get the model catalogue 30 days late; a live feed costs $19/year. The README says it is for personal use, not production, and each provider's terms still apply. It does not replace a paid product.
RepoQuarry. “FreeLLMAPI.” Checked 18 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/freellmapiWhat it replaces
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Facts, with sources
Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.
FreeLLMAPI is local-first and single-user by design.github.com · freellmapi#readme ↗ 3d ago
MIT Licensegithub.com · LICENSE ↗ 3d ago
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this softwaregithub.com · LICENSE ↗ 3d ago
$19/year or $49 once, lifetime. Stripe checkout; cancel anytime, self-serve.github.com · freellmapi#premium-live-catalog ↗ 3d ago
~40 MB RSS at idle behind PM2 / systemd / whatever supervisor you prefer.github.com · freellmapi#features ↗ 3d ago
Runs anywhere Node 20+ runs — Windows, macOS, Linux servers, or a small ARM SBC (Raspberry Pi included).github.com · freellmapi#features ↗ 3d ago
the macOS `.dmg` and the Windows `.exe` installer are attached to every release.github.com · freellmapi#desktop-app ↗ 3d ago
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Growth and activity in detail
Is it popular, and is anyone still working on it? From GitHub.
- Actively maintained100+ people committing, active 12 of the last 12 weeks.
100+ people committing in the last 12 months · 156 pull requests merged in 30 days · 87 issues opened, 89 closed in 30 days
Stars over time
Building history+1,469 stars since 18 Oct 2026. The 7-day comparison and the trend label start once there is a full week of daily counts.
- FreeLLMAPI
Tracked daily since 18 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.
Commits per week, last 52 weeks
active 12 of the last 12 weeksUp 21% on the 12 weeks before.
Where these numbers come from
- Stars, forks, releases: GitHub's public API, fetched every night (last fetch today).
- Star history: counted every night since 18 Oct 2026.
- Commits and people committing: GitHub's repository statistics, counted weekly. Names are never stored.
- Pull requests and issues: counted from GitHub for the last 30 days.
- Stars show popularity, not quality. The facts below are checked separately, by reading the project's own documentation. How we check.