Open LLM aggregator appears

A new open-source proxy called FreeLLMAPI surfaced on GitHub this week, bundling 14 providers’ free model tiers behind one OpenAI-style endpoint. (github.com) The repository was published on April 22, 2026, and its README says developers can send requests to a single `/v1/chat/completions` endpoint instead of wiring up separate software kits and quotas for each provider. (github.com) The project lists Google, Groq, Cerebras, SambaNova, Nvidia, Mistral, OpenRouter, GitHub Models, Hugging Face, Cohere, Cloudflare, Zhipu, Moonshot, and MiniMax as supported providers. The README says those combined free tiers add up to about 1.3 billion tokens a month. (github.com) A large language model application programming interface is the pipe software uses to send prompts to an artificial intelligence model and get text back. An OpenAI-compatible interface means tools that already speak OpenAI’s format can often switch over by changing a base URL, not rewriting the app. (github.com) That matters because the market has split into dozens of model hosts with different limits, model names, and failure modes. FreeLLMAPI says its router picks an available model, tracks usage by key, and moves to another provider when one hits a rate cap. (github.com) The repository also says keys are stored encrypted and that the software includes a client dashboard for monitoring usage. The maintainer describes it as “for personal experimentation only,” not a managed production service. (github.com) Developers have been building similar “AI gateway” tools for months, usually to swap vendors without changing application code. Hacker News posts in March and April described self-hosted gateways with OpenAI-compatible routing, failover, and dashboards for managing multiple providers. (news.ycombinator.com 1) (news.ycombinator.com 2) Free tiers have also become a bigger part of that ecosystem. Community directories on GitHub now track dozens of no-cost or credit-based model endpoints because provider quotas, supported models, and rate limits change frequently. (github.com 1) (github.com 2) The pitch here is simpler orchestration: one local gateway, many upstream model vendors, and fewer hard-coded dependencies on any single company’s interface. If the project keeps pace with shifting free-tier rules, it gives developers a cheap way to test model routing before paying for a dedicated gateway. (github.com)