freellm.net
Free LLM quota · free models · community reputation · risk review
Overview
freellm.net is a directory/navigation site for free LLM APIs. It catalogs 400+ free models across 30+ providers (Google AI Studio, Groq, NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter and others) with their quotas, rate limits and signup links, and generates one-click config snippets for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. It does not operate any callable inference endpoint of its own.
Free quota
The site itself grants no free credits and issues no API keys. It only aggregates and displays the free tiers of third-party providers (e.g. Google AI Studio Gemini 2.5 Flash at roughly 500 requests/day, NVIDIA NIM at roughly 40 requests/minute, Groq with no credit card required). Users must register with each provider themselves to obtain keys.
Free models
UnknownPros
- Broad coverage: claims 400+ free models from 30+ providers, with structured fields (rate limits, context window, credit-card requirement, signup link)
- Data refreshed daily and mirrored to the GitHub repo open-free-llm-api/awesome-freellm-apis (~2.9k stars, MIT licensed), so listings can be cross-checked
- Ready-to-paste config snippets for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Aider and other OpenAI-compatible tools
- Explicitly flags whether a provider needs a credit card or phone verification — useful if you only want genuinely free tiers
- Directs users to sign up with the original vendors instead of proxying traffic, so the request path is cleaner than a relay station
Cons
- Does not meet this project's inclusion bar of 'offers a callable free API': no /v1/* endpoint, no console, no keys issued — it is purely a directory
- Anonymous operator: beyond the GitHub org name open-free-llm-api there is no corporate entity, contact, or privacy policy to be found
- The Playground asks users to paste third-party API keys into its web page; the site claims keys are never stored server-side and go straight to the provider, but that claim has no third-party audit or open-source frontend to verify it
- The Vault (key management dashboard) has no public documentation of where keys are stored or its security model
- Almost no substantive discussion of this domain on V2EX, Linux.do, NodeSeek or Reddit — the reputation sample is very thin
- Like all directory sites, listings can lag reality: displayed quotas may be stale after a provider changes its free tier
Risk flags
- Anonymous operator: no legal entity, no contact, no visible privacy policy or terms of service
- Playground / Vault require pasting third-party API keys into the site; the 'keys never touch our servers' claim cannot be independently verified, creating a theoretical key-leak risk
- It is a directory rather than an API provider, so the quotas and rate limits it displays may lag behind providers' actual policies
- Very few community discussions exist, so long-term reliability cannot be cross-validated against third-party reputation
- Revenue model is unclear (likely ads or affiliate/referral links), which could bias provider ranking neutrality
Community reputation
Public evidence is limited but not negative. The main verifiable signal is its synced GitHub repo open-free-llm-api/awesome-freellm-apis with roughly 2.9k stars, 428 forks, an MIT license, and daily data sync from freellm.net, indicating active maintenance and some real usage — though stars on awesome-list repos are weak evidence. No substantive discussion of freellm.net was found on V2EX, Linux.do, NodeSeek or Reddit (neither praise nor accusations of exit-scamming or key theft). The anonymous operator and missing privacy policy amount to 'insufficient information' rather than a known problem, so the score is set slightly above neutral with reduced confidence.
Recommendation
Using it as a reference site for looking up free quotas is reasonable: check the limits and rate caps, grab the official signup link, then register for keys directly at Google AI Studio, Groq, NVIDIA NIM and so on. That path never touches its servers and carries little risk. Do not treat it as a source of callable free API access — it has no endpoint of its own. Strongly avoid pasting any API key with a balance or attached billing into its Playground or Vault; if you must test there, use a throwaway key you can revoke and delete it in the provider's console immediately afterwards. Always treat the provider's official documentation as authoritative for quota figures.
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FAQ
Is freellm.net safe and trustworthy?
Overall reputation 58/100, risk level Low. Public evidence is limited but not negative. The main verifiable signal is its synced GitHub repo open-free-llm-api/awesome-freellm-apis with roughly 2.9k stars, 428 forks, an MIT license, and daily data sync from freellm.net, indicating active maintenance and some real usage — though stars on awesome-list repos are weak evidence. No substantive discussion of freellm.net was found on V2EX, Linux.do, NodeSeek or Reddit (neither praise nor accusations of exit-scamming or key theft). The anonymous operator and missing privacy policy amount to 'insuffici…
Will freellm.net shut down? Is the service stable?
Known risks: Anonymous operator: no legal entity, no contact, no visible privacy policy or terms of service; Playground / Vault require pasting third-party API keys into the site; the 'keys never touch our servers' claim cannot be independently verified, creating a theoretical key-leak risk; It is a directory rather than an API provider, so the quotas and rate limits it displays may lag behind providers' actual policies; Very few community discussions exist, so long-term reliability cannot be cross-validated against third-party reputation; Revenue model is unclear (likely ads or affiliate/ref…
Which free models does freellm.net offer? How much free quota?
Free quota: The site itself grants no free credits and issues no API keys. It only aggregates and displays the free tiers of third-party providers (e.g. Google AI Studio Gemini 2.5 Flash at roughly 500 requests/day, NVIDIA NIM at roughly 40 requests/minute, Groq with no credit card required). Users must register with each provider themselves to obtain keys.. Free models: unknown.
Is freellm.net worth using? How should I use it?
Using it as a reference site for looking up free quotas is reasonable: check the limits and rate caps, grab the official signup link, then register for keys directly at Google AI Studio, Groq, NVIDIA NIM and so on. That path never touches its servers and carries little risk. Do not treat it as a source of callable free API access — it has no endpoint of its own. Strongly avoid pasting any API key with a balance or attached billing into its Playground or Vault; if you must test there, use a throwaway key you can revoke and delete it in the provider's console immediately afterwards. Always trea…
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