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Free Models Router - Model - OpenSmartRoute
Modelv1.0.0
Free Models Router
The simplest way to get free inference. openrouter/free is a router that selects free models at random from the models available on OpenRouter. The router smartly filters for models that...
Reference model card from the OpenRouter listing - model openrouter/free. Prices are per million tokens as listed; ratings and installs below are from this marketplace.
Free Models Router
The simplest way to get free inference. openrouter/free is a router that selects free models at random from the models available on OpenRouter. The router smartly filters for models that...
Facts
Vendor
OpenRouter
Context window
200,000 tokens
Input price
$0.00 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.00 / 1M tokens
Input
text, image
Output
text
Tool calling
yes
Structured outputs
yes
Reasoning
yes
Open weights
no
Endpoint: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 (OpenAI-compatible), model openrouter/free
Use it
Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.
# after Install: the listing is in your workspace's routing pool - nothing else to configure
curl -s -X POST https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/route -H 'Authorization: Bearer $OSR_API_KEY' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"text": "...", "plan": true}'
# or pin it on the OpenAI-compatible endpoint: {"model": "model-openrouter-free", ...}
Manifest
An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.
model-openrouter-free.ocm.jsonjson
{
"ocm": "1",
"id": "model-openrouter-free",
"kind": "llm",
"name": "Free Models Router",
"description": "The simplest way to get free inference. openrouter/free is a router that selects free models at random from the models available on OpenRouter. The router smartly filters for models that...",
"publisher": "OpenRouter",
"version": "1.0.0",
"capabilities": {
"domains": [
"general"
],
"tags": [
"llm",
"openrouter",
"reasoning",
"free",
"tool-calling",
"image",
"models"
],
"languages": [
"en"
],
"modalities": [
"text",
"image"
],
"supports_tools": true,
"supports_streaming": true,
"context_window": 200000
},
"quality_prior": 0.6,
"examples": [
"The simplest way to get free inference. openrouter/free is a router that selects free models at random from the models available on OpenRouter. The router smartly filters for models that..."
],
"primary": false,
"metadata": {
"source": {
"provider": "models",
"ref": "1769917427",
"url": "https://openrouter.ai/openrouter/free",
"key": "openrouter/free",
"catalogue": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
},
"model": "openrouter/free",
"pricing": {
"input_usd_per_1m": 0,
"output_usd_per_1m": 0
},
"output_modalities": [
"text"
],
"reasoning": true,
"created": 1769917427
},
"cost": {
"usd_per_1k_tokens": 0
},
"endpoints": [
{
"protocol": "openai",
"url": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
}
]
}
Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/model-openrouter-free/manifest?version=1.0.0
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