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      <title>Using an uncensored LLM through an OpenAI-compatible API (Python and CLI)</title>
      <dc:creator>Tommy T</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/tommy_t_49463b4eb37b1bf6d/using-an-uncensored-llm-through-an-openai-compatible-api-python-and-cli-1og6</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Most hosted LLMs refuse a lot of requests that are perfectly legitimate: security research, fiction with dark themes, medical or legal questions. I built &lt;a href="https://orrevan.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Orrevan&lt;/a&gt; to have an alternative: uncensored (abliterated) open models behind a normal OpenAI-compatible API, plus a terminal CLI.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This post shows how to use it in a few lines. Disclosure: I am the developer of Orrevan.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What it is
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chat, API and CLI for uncensored and abliterated models (DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen and MiMo variants)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Prepaid credit, billed per token&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chats are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before they are stored, no training on your data&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;OpenAI-compatible, so existing SDKs work by changing the base URL&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Quick start with curl
&lt;/h2&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight shell"&gt;&lt;code&gt;curl https://orrevan.com/api/v1/chat/completions &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-H&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nv"&gt;$ORREVAN_API_KEY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-H&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"Content-Type: application/json"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-d&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s1"&gt;'{"model": "orrevan/abliterated-model",
       "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Python with the openai package
&lt;/h2&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight python"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="kn"&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kn"&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;openai&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kn"&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;OpenAI&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="n"&gt;client&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nc"&gt;OpenAI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;base_url&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;https://orrevan.com/api/v1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;api_key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;os&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;environ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;ORREVAN_API_KEY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="n"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;chat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;completions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;create&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;model&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;orrevan/abliterated-model&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;messages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;role&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Hello&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;}],&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;choices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mi"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Keep the key on the server. Never put it into browser code or a public repo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The CLI
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You need Node.js 20 or newer.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight shell"&gt;&lt;code&gt;npm i &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-g&lt;/span&gt; orrevan
orrevan login          &lt;span class="c"&gt;# save your key&lt;/span&gt;
orrevan                &lt;span class="c"&gt;# open a session in the current folder&lt;/span&gt;
orrevan &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-p&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"question"&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class="c"&gt;# answer once and exit&lt;/span&gt;
orrevan models         &lt;span class="c"&gt;# list models&lt;/span&gt;
orrevan balance        &lt;span class="c"&gt;# check your credit&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Models
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are 10 models in total, for example &lt;code&gt;orrevan/deepseek-v4.1-flash-unc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;orrevan/glm53-flash-unc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;orrevan/qwen38-unc&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;orrevan/mimo-v26-flash-unc&lt;/code&gt;. One model has a 1M token context window and some understand images. Streaming is supported.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Feedback
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you try it, I would like to hear what is missing or broken. You can reach me via the site: &lt;a href="https://orrevan.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://orrevan.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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