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LLM API costs can kill a side project before it even launches. Here's how to pool OpenRouter, Gemini, NIM, and Groq using FreeLM to build a highly available, zero-cost AI stack for Python and Node.js.

Rate limits (HTTP 429) are the silent killers of AI applications. Learn how freelm implements intelligent circuit breaking and provider failover to achieve 99.9% uptime on free tiers.

The story behind freelm: frustration with dead API keys, the fragmentation of free AI models, and the journey to build a unified open-source gateway.

Don't rewrite your codebase to support multiple LLM providers. FreeLM provides a perfect OpenAI SDK shim that seamlessly routes traffic to Gemini, Groq, OpenRouter, and NIM.

Bootstrapping an AI startup? Don't pay for tokens until you have to. Learn how to combine multiple free API tiers into a reliable production stack using FreeLM.

Why and how I built freelm: an open-source Python client pooling six free-tier LLM providers behind one OpenAI-compatible call with failover and streaming.