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I made a GitHub guide to free LLM APIs for prototypes and side projects

Hi everyone! I maintain free-llm-apis, a guide to help developers choose an LLM API when working with a limited budget.

It covers providers such as Google AI Studio, Groq, Mistral, and OpenRouter, including:

  • Which use cases each provider suits.
  • Free tiers versus limited trial credits.
  • Usage limits and privacy considerations.
  • Ideas for using backup providers.

Repository: github.com/Ashfaq-Riyaldeen/free-llm-apis

Free-tier offers change, so check the provider’s current documentation before relying on an entry.

Contributions are welcome—especially updated limits, broken-link fixes, and missing providers. Please include an official source with corrections.

Disclosure: I maintain this repository, and ChatGPT helped draft this post.

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