FreeInference

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FreeInference is a free, OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible LLM API run by the MadSys Lab at Harvard SEAS for open-source, research and education use. Sign-up is by email with no credit card, and free accounts can use GLM-5.3 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Flash, MiniMax M3 and Qwen3.6 35B (1M context on the larger models) plus bge-m3 embeddings. The quota is described as "generous" but not published, and requests may be logged for research (the lab has published anonymised agent traces). It has a native Anthropic endpoint, so it works with Claude Code without a proxy.

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Overview

Provider Type

API

API Endpoint

https://freeinference.org/v1

Free Tier Highlights

Not published ("generous quota"; HTTP 429 when rate-limited)

Why Choose FreeInference?

FreeInference stands out for its unique features and capabilities. With a developer-friendly API and comprehensive documentation, you can integrate AI capabilities into your applications within minutes.

Quick Start Guide

1

Sign up with your email at freeinference.org

2

Create an API key (keys start with hyi-)

3

Use https://freeinference.org/v1 (OpenAI) or https://freeinference.org/anthropic (Claude Code)

Available Models

Model Name ID Context Capabilities
GLM-5.3 Flash Free
glm-5.3-flash
1 000 000 Context
-
DeepSeek V4 Flash Free
deepseek-v4-flash
1 000 000 Context
-
MiniMax M3 Free
minimax-m3
1 000 000 Context
-
Qwen3.6 35B A3B Free
qwen3.6-35b
- -
BGE-M3 (embeddings) Free
bge-m3
8 000 Context
-

Integration Examples

Ready-to-use code snippets for your applications.

main.py
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_FREEINFERENCE_KEY",
    base_url="https://freeinference.org/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="glm-5.3-flash",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Give me three tips for writing clean code."}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Free Tier Pricing & Limits

Rate Limit

Requests per minute

Not published ("generous quota"; HTTP 429 when rate-limited)

Daily Quota

Requests per day

No published daily cap

Use Cases

Claude Code and coding agents

Research prototypes

Long-context experiments

Limitations & Considerations

Quota not published

Usage may be logged for research

Some models (GLM-5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code) are Pro-only

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