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How to install freellmapi on Linux (tashfeenahmed/freellmapi) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

tashfeenahmed/freellmapi

7.4 billion tokens per month. 34 free LLM providers. 635 free model endpoints. All behind one /v1 endpoint, plus any custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Smart routing, automatic failover, encrypted keys. Personal experimentation only.

Node.js

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 48,449
Activity: Updated this month
License: MIT
Open issues: 47
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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v0.16.20, yesterday.
Can I trust it?: Widely used48k stars. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Website ↗freellmapi.coThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

Supported devices from the README: Compatible CLIs & coding agents

<div align="center"> <table> <tr> <td align="center" width="150"><img src="repo-assets/agents/claude-code.png" width="44" alt="Claude Code"><br/><b>Claude Code</b></td> <td align="center" width="150"><img src="repo-assets/agents/codex.png" width="44" alt="Codex CLI"><br/><b>Codex CLI</b></td> <td align="center" width="150"><img src="repo-assets/agents/gemini-cli.png" width="44" alt="Gemini CLI"><br/><b>Gemini CLI</b></td> <td align="center" width="150"><img src="repo-assets/agents/cursor.png" width="44" alt="Cursor"><br/><b>Cursor</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="repo-assets/agents/cline.png" width="44" alt="Cline"><br/><b>Cline</b></td> <td align="center"><img src="repo-assets/agents/roo-code.png" width="44" alt="Roo Code"><br/><b>Roo Code</b></td> <td align="center"><img src="repo-assets/agents/opencode.png" width="44" alt="OpenCode"><br/><b>OpenCode</b></td> <td align="center"><img src="repo-assets/agents/aider.png" width="44" alt="Aider"><br/><b>Aider</b></td> </tr> </table>

<i>… plus Continue, Goose, Qwen Code, Kilo Code, Crush, Zed, JetBrains AI, DeepSeek Harness, MiMo Code, AtomCode, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Pi, Reasonix, ZCode and any OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic, Gemini or Ollama client</i>

</div>

Most agents configure themselves with one command that reads your live catalog, backs up the existing config and merges into it:

npx freellmapi setup-claude --url http://localhost:3001 --api-key <unified-key>

All supported agents and their setup commands → · Per-tool recipes, MCP server and URL tokens →

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macOS Windows Linux

Download for Linux

v0.16.20 — FreeModel BYOK support · 11/6/2026 ↗

FreeLLMAPI-0.16.20.AppImage

AppImage · 132.6 MB · 157 downloads · best match

curl -LO "https://github.com/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi/releases/download/v0.16.20/FreeLLMAPI-0.16.20.AppImage"
chmod +x "FreeLLMAPI-0.16.20.AppImage"
./"FreeLLMAPI-0.16.20.AppImage"

Other Linux downloads (2)

freellmapi-desktop_0.16.20_amd64.deb

deb · x64 · 92.0 MB · 110 downloads

curl -LO "https://github.com/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi/releases/download/v0.16.20/freellmapi-desktop_0.16.20_amd64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"freellmapi-desktop_0.16.20_amd64.deb"

freellmapi-desktop-0.16.20.x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 92.2 MB · 64 downloads

curl -LO "https://github.com/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi/releases/download/v0.16.20/freellmapi-desktop-0.16.20.x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"freellmapi-desktop-0.16.20.x86_64.rpm"

Install with a package manager

install script

curl -fsSL https://freellmapi.co/install.sh | bash

Pipes a remote script into your shell. Read it before running.

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 22runtime
1×npm package manager

4× settings in .env

ENCRYPTION_KEYsecretoptional
PORT
REQUEST_ANALYTICS_RETENTION_DAYS
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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Dockerfile available (base image: ${NODE_IMAGE}).
Nested projects: cli/package.json, client/package.json, desktop/package.json, server/package.json and 1 more

package.json scripts (19)

devconcurrently --kill-others-on-fail --names server,client "npm run dev -w server" "npm run dev -w client"
dev:lanconcurrently --kill-others-on-fail --names server,client "npm run dev -w server" "npm run dev -w client -- --host"
testnpm run test:bootstrap && npm run test:hooks && npm run test -w server && npm run test -w cli && npm run test -w client --if-present
test:bootstrapnode --test scripts/dev-bootstrap.test.mjs
test:hooksnode --test .claude/hooks/contributing-check.test.mjs
buildnpm run build -w server && npm run build -w cli && npm run build -w client
lintnpm run lint -w server && npm run lint -w cli
build:servernpm run build -w server
test:migrationsnpm run test:migrations -w server
desktop:devnpm run build -w client && npm --prefix desktop run dev
desktop:distnpm run build -w client && npm --prefix desktop run dist
desktop:dist:mac:x64npm run build -w client && npm --prefix desktop run dist:mac:x64
desktop:dist:winnpm run build -w client && npm --prefix desktop run dist:win
desktop:dist:linuxnpm run build -w client && npm --prefix desktop run dist:linux
db:migration:upnpm run db:migration:up -w server
db:migration:downnpm run db:migration:down -w server
db:migration:freshnpm run db:migration:fresh -w server
db:migration:statusnpm run db:migration:status -w server
db:migration:createnpm run db:migration:create -w server

Files we read (11)

.env.example

.github/workflows/ci.yml

.github/workflows/cli-release.yml

.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml

.github/workflows/docker.yml

.nvmrc

Dockerfile

README.md

docker-compose.yml

docs/install.md

package.json

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