Overview
FreeTheAI gives you a free AI API with good models. Sign up, check in once a day, and get an API key for 80+ models (GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax and more) through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. It also speaks the Responses and Anthropic Messages formats, so it works in JanitorAI, SillyTavern, RisuAI, Cursor, Cline, Claude Code, Codex and any app with a custom base URL.
Key Features
- Free AI API: one key for 80+ good models.
- Free tier with 50 requests a day, no credit card.
- Supports Chat Completions, Responses and Anthropic Messages, with streaming and tool calls.
- Setup guides for 24 apps, including JanitorAI, SillyTavern, Cursor and Claude Code.
- Built-in playground, public status page and public changelog.
- Growing AI API marketplace: one wallet, many providers.
Use Cases
- Roleplay and storytelling in JanitorAI, SillyTavern and RisuAI.
- Coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode.
- Prototyping AI features with the OpenAI SDK.
Getting Started
- Create an account at freetheai.org and check in once a day.
- Create an API key in the dashboard.
- Use the base URL https://api.freetheai.org/v1 with a model ID from freetheai.org/models, for example fta/zai/glm-5.3.
Pricing & Plans
The free tier includes 50 requests a day, with more for linking Discord or donating an API key, and no credit card. Paid plans from $2 a month raise that to 300, 1,000 or 5,000 requests a day (coming soon), and FreeTheAI is growing into an AI API marketplace where one wallet covers models from many providers.
