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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Space Bunny Alpha is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

Space Bunny Alpha (stealth/space-bunny-alpha) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (free) is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (free) (deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731:free) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) (qwen/qwen3.8-27b:free) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Union Alpha is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

Union Alpha (stealth/union-alpha) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) (z-ai/glm-5.2:free) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) (inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-vl:free) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Nex AGI adds Nex-N2.5-Mini and Nex-N2.5-Pro to OpenRouter free tier

OpenRouter has added two new models from Nex AGI, Nex-N2.5-Mini and Nex-N2.5-Pro, to its free API tier.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro (free) is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro (free) (nex-agi/nex-n2.5-pro:free) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Mini (free) is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Mini (free) (nex-agi/nex-n2.5-mini:free) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante added to OpenRouter

OpenRouter has added the inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante model to its API catalog. The model is available with a free tier and supports a context length of 262,144 tokens.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free) is now listed as a free model on OpenRouter

inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free) (inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-sante:free) was detected with zero prompt, completion and request pricing in the official OpenRouter catalog. Review the access paths before building on it.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Groq adds Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B to supported models

Groq has added the Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B model to its list of supported preview models, with a token speed of 450 tps, a context window of 131,042 tokens, and a maximum completion length of 16,384 tokens.

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Model releases · Practical guide

Ox Alpha: What API Users Should Verify During the Free 1M-Context Preview

A new anonymous reasoning model, Ox Alpha (stealth/ox-alpha), is available free through OpenRouter and Nous Portal with a 1M-token context window. Here is what is documented, what is not, and how to verify before building.

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Verified news · Practical guide

GPT-5.6 and Gemini 3.7 Flash: What API Users Should Verify Now

Two current model updates emphasize coding and agent workflows, but migration decisions still depend on model IDs, interfaces, limits and representative tests.

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Model applications · Practical guide

Choosing an API for Image, Audio and Video Applications

Select multimodal APIs by input, output, transport and fallback requirements—not by a text-model leaderboard.

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AI agents · Practical guide

Designing an AI Agent That Can Survive a Free API Failure

Separate agent state, model routing, tool permissions and API keys so a provider outage or quota change does not stop the whole workflow.

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Model releases · Practical guide

A Model Release Is Not a Migration Plan: What to Test Before You Switch

Separate launches, previews, alias changes and shutdown notices, then migrate an AI application with a reproducible contract test.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

LiquidAI LFM2.5-2.6B added to OpenRouter free tier

OpenRouter has added the LiquidAI LFM2.5-2.6B model to its free API access list, providing developers with a new zero-cost option for inference tasks.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

Z.ai GLM 5.2 added to OpenRouter free tier

OpenRouter has added Z.ai GLM 5.2 as a free model option, providing developers with access to this model without cost via the OpenRouter API.

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Model releases · Verified evidence update

OpenRouter adds Dots Studio Dots3-Note Preview to free tier

OpenRouter has added the Dots Studio Dots3-Note Preview model to its free API access list. The model supports a context length of 512,000 tokens.

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Free API & access · Practical guide

How to Compare Free AI APIs Using Evidence Instead of Model Count

Compare free AI APIs by verified access, usable limits, compatibility, failure behavior, and change risk—not the size of a model directory.

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Developer tools · Practical guide

OpenAI-Compatible APIs: What to Test Before Calling Them Drop-In Compatible

A practical compatibility test for request shape, response semantics, errors, limits, and the features your application actually depends on.

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Free API & access · Practical guide

A Practical Checklist for Verifying a Free LLM API Before You Build

A developer checklist for verifying free LLM API access, testing evidence, and checking operational limits before relying on a provider.

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Developer tools · Local AI lab note

A Five-Check Smoke Test for an OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint

A compact sequence for separating interface compatibility from authentication, generation, and production-readiness claims.

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Developer tools · Local AI lab note

Local ChatGPT2API Smoke Test: What Worked

A bounded record of one authenticated local completion—and the reliability and production questions it cannot answer.

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Free API & access · Key guide

How to create an NVIDIA NIM API key

The current official signup path, account requirements and the safe next step after the key is created.

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Verified news · Policy update

Cerebras starter credits require payment verification

What the current starter-credit rule changes for users expecting a no-card free API route.

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Developer tools · Tool setup

Connect an OpenAI-compatible provider to Codex

Where compatibility ends, how to keep the key local and when an adapter is required.

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