awesome-free-ai-coding · every free model · every provider · filter the list
4 rows on the list serve north-mini-code free: OpenRouter (free models), Kilo Code, AIHubMix (free models) and Cohere (trial keys). None asks for a card; Kilo Code answers with no account at all. The providers’ last scheduled probes were on 2026-10-26; their offers are rechecked twice a week.
Every free model · the whole list
🧭 Aggregators (one key, many providers) · no card · last probe 2026-10-26 · listed since 2026-09-24
One API key for a rotating set of :free model variants, open-weight and stealth models among them
1,000 requests/day per account (after 10 credits purchased all-time)
OpenRouter’s FAQ says its free models “have low rate limits” and “are usually not suitable for production use”, and its limits page warns that a negative credit balance can produce errors “including for free models” and that a 429 can come from the upstream provider rather than the platform (read 2026-09-27). The docs define the daily counter as “Free-model requests recorded so far in the current UTC day”. The higher daily ceiling is granted “starting one credit below the table’s threshold” to absorb rounding and top-up fees.
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1OPENROUTER_API_KEY — get one at https://openrouter.ai/settings/keysANTHROPIC_BASE_URL): https://openrouter.ai/apiconfigs/codex/openrouter-free.config.toml — copy it to ~/.codex/, then codex -p openrouter-free -m cohere/north-mini-code:free; set up on the lane by the vendor’s own page, https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/coding-agents/codex-cli: “Configure Codex for OpenRouter”cohere/north-mini-code:free🤖 Coding agents & CLIs · no card · not offered in Iran, Syria, Cuba and 1 more place · last probe 2026-10-26 · listed since 2026-08-05
Open-source coding agent with an Auto Free mode and a keyless OpenAI-compatible gateway, alongside BYOK and local models
The free-model lineup rotates. Auto Free routes over the free models in the catalog’s autoRouting list. Other models use pay-as-you-go credits or a Kilo Pass subscription.
https://api.kilo.ai/api/gatewayconfigs/codex/kilo-code.config.toml — copy it to ~/.codex/, then codex -p kilo-code -m cohere/north-mini-code:freecohere/north-mini-code:free🧭 Aggregators (one key, many providers) · no card · last probe 2026-10-26 · listed since 2026-08-14
OpenAI-compatible model gateway with zero-priced routes and an Anthropic-format endpoint for coding clients
xiaomi-mimo-v2.6-pro-free, coding-glm-5.3-flash-free, coding-glm-5.3-free, xiaomi-mimo-v2.6-flash-free, coding-glm-5.2-free, coding-kimi-k3-free, coding-glm-5.1-free, coding-minimax-m2.7-free, coding-glm-5-free, coding-glm-5-turbo-free, coding-minimax-m2.5-free500/day coding routes: 5 requests/minute; 500 requests/day; 1,000,000 tokens/day per account per model; for coding-minimax-m3-free, glm-4.7-flash-free, coding-glm-4.7-free, k2.6-code-preview-free, coding-minimax-m2.1-free, kimi-for-coding-free, coding-glm-4.6-free, coding-minimax-m2-free
Other free routes: Usage allowance: amount not published (period not published); scope not published; for agents-a1-free, intern-s2-free, dots-3-note-preview-free, lfm-2.5-2.6b-free, nemotron-3.5-lightning-free, nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b-free, nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning-free, nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b-free, north-mini-code-free, laguna-xs-2.1-free, laguna-s-2.1-free, mimo-v2-flash-free
Gemma 4 free routes: Usage allowance: amount not published (period not published); scope not published; for gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-free, gemma-4-31b-it-free
Free IDs end in -free; paid twins are metered at list prices. The daily request and token caps are independent per account and model, rather than a pool to split across models. Published caps apply to their named model IDs; the remaining routes have no numerical budget published. Request limits and campaign durations apply to their named IDs. nemotron-3.5-content-safety-free is a classifier; the lfm-2.5-2.6b-free developer advises against agentic coding use.
https://aihubmix.com/v1AIHUBMIX_API_KEY — get one at https://aihubmix.com/tokenANTHROPIC_BASE_URL): https://aihubmix.comconfigs/codex/aihubmix.config.toml — copy it to ~/.codex/, then codex -p aihubmix -m north-mini-code-free; set up on the lane by the vendor’s own page, https://docs.aihubmix.com/en/api/Codex-CLI: “Connect AIHubMix in Codex (CLI and desktop app)”north-mini-code-free🔌 LLM APIs with free tier · no card · not offered in mainland China, Russia, Hong Kong and 5 more places · last probe 2026-10-26 · listed since 2026-08-14
Cohere’s Command models via free trial API keys that never expire, plus a 30B/3B Apache-2.0 coding model Cohere prices at zero on every key type
Trial Chat models: 20 requests/minute per key per model
North Mini Code on production keys: 500 requests/minute per key per model
Trial keys are for evaluation, not production or commercial use; new accounts start with Trial keys. Chat limits differ from those for reranking, embeddings, tokenization and audio. North Mini Code is free on both Trial and production keys until the corresponding rate limit is reached. The trial monthly request allowance applies alongside its per-model rate caps.
https://api.cohere.com/compatibility/v1COHERE_API_KEY — get one at https://dashboard.cohere.com/api-keysnorth-mini-code-1-0Generated from registry.yaml on 2026-10-27 and re-verified twice a week; every free model on the list is at https://mvalentsev.github.io/awesome-free-ai-coding/models/, and the full list, the Atom feed and the machinery at https://github.com/mvalentsev/awesome-free-ai-coding.