FreeTheAi — free OpenAI-compatible API
OpenAI-compatible AI API with 80+ active models. One Discord key, one base URL, zero billing.
curl https://api.freetheai.xyz/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FREETHEAI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "opc/deepseek-v4-flash-free",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Pick the client you are actually using.
FreeTheAi works as a custom OpenAI-compatible API across roleplay frontends, coding agents, and regular SDK apps.
What Is FreeTheAi?
FreeTheAi is a free AI API gateway with 80+ active models behind a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. No credit card, no billing, no daily caps — just a free Discord key and a base URL that works with any OpenAI SDK. No prompt storage, no card required. Optional paid slots exist for builders who need separate higher-power models. Built to free the AI for developers, students, and builders.
What Can You Build?
API features
Streaming chat, tool calling and structured outputs, and Anthropic messages - all OpenAI-compatible.
Use cases
Chatbots, coding agents, content pipelines, and multi-model orchestrations. Students prototype, developers ship, researchers evaluate — all against one free endpoint.
Getting Started
- Join the FreeTheAi Discord
-
Run
/signupand complete the modal with your use case, bot answer, and human challenge -
Run
/checkinwith your API key once per UTC day before using the free API -
Set
FREETHEAI_API_KEYin your environment -
Point any OpenAI SDK at
https://api.freetheai.xyz/v1 - Browse the API docs for endpoint-specific examples
Keep the free tier alive.
If FreeTheAi saves you a subscription or unblocks a project, a small donation helps cover servers and keeps more free capacity online.