OpenTyphoon (Typhoon API)

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Typhoon is a family of Thai-English language models from SCB 10X. Its OpenAI-compatible API is a research showcase and free to use: Typhoon 2.5 30B A3B instruct at 5 requests/second and 200 requests/minute, plus Typhoon OCR and speech recognition. Usage data is collected to improve the models. Best for Thai-language apps.

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Overview

Provider Type

API

API Endpoint

https://api.opentyphoon.ai/v1

Free Tier Highlights

5 requests/second200 RPM (text models); 20 RPM for OCR

Why Choose OpenTyphoon (Typhoon API)?

OpenTyphoon (Typhoon API) 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 at playground.opentyphoon.ai

2

Create an API key

3

Call https://api.opentyphoon.ai/v1 with typhoon-v2.5-30b-a3b-instruct

Available Models

Model Name ID Context Capabilities
Typhoon 2.5 30B A3B Instruct Free
typhoon-v2.5-30b-a3b-instruct
- -
Typhoon OCR 1.5 Free
typhoon-ocr-v1.5
- -

Integration Examples

Ready-to-use code snippets for your applications.

main.py
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_TYPHOON_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.opentyphoon.ai/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="typhoon-v2.5-30b-a3b-instruct",
    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

5 requests/second200 Requests per minute (text models); 20 Requests per minute for OCR

Daily Quota

Requests per day

No daily cap published

Use Cases

Thai chatbots and translation

Thai document OCR

Limitations & Considerations

Usage data is collected

Focused on Thai; smaller than frontier models

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