FreeLLMAPI v0.14.2 adds free web search: a /v1/search endpoint over Tavily, Exa, Firecrawl and Linkup keys, and working web search in Claude Code and Codex through the gateway.
Web search
- New
/v1/searchendpoint. Add a free key from Tavily, Exa, Firecrawl or Linkup and search through one OpenAI-style endpoint. Engines are tried in priority order; when a key runs out of credits or is rate limited, the next key or engine takes over. Thanks @suantea for the first version. (#1174, #1458) - Web search in Claude Code and Codex. Claude Code's WebSearch tool and Codex's
web_searchtool now work through FreeLLMAPI, answered from your search keys. Before, these requests were dropped. Our MCP server also gains aweb_searchtool. (#1458) - Search engines come from the catalog, like models: the catalog decides which engines are enabled and in what order, and you can switch them off or reorder them locally. (#1458)
Dashboard
- Models → Search: your search engines with priority, free quota, usage this month and an on/off switch.
- Keys: a Search group, and a Search section in Add key with links to each provider's free sign-up.
- Playground: a new + button next to the message box holds Attach files and a Search the web switch (also in the settings rail). While search is on, the + turns blue instead of adding a pill to the input. A searched answer keeps its sources under Show, closed until you want them, and Show/Hide now opens and closes smoothly. (#1494)
- Analytics: searches by engine and a search summary, below "Tokens over time".
Fixes
- Sign in after a password reset. Resetting the password now signs you in straight away, and the reset log names the account email. This helps desktop users who open the dashboard in a browser. (#1477, #1486)
- Fusion: a prompt too large for the panel now returns a clear 413 instead of retrying. (#1479, #1485)
Desktop
- Reliable Mac builds. Notarization now runs in our own build step, which retries stapling when Apple's servers drop the connection, and the Intel build uses a pinned Python. Those failures had held back the v0.14.0 and v0.14.1 desktop installers. (#1495, #1498)
Providers
- Inferbase embeddings: verified Inferbase routes from the catalog are supported. (#1483)
Updating
Desktop users on v0.13.5 or later can update from inside the app: ⋯ → Check for updates. Docker: ghcr.io/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi:v0.14.2. The latest tag also points to this release.
v0.14.0 and v0.14.1 were published only as Docker images; this is the first desktop release with web search. Existing keys and profiles are retained. This release adds one database migration (a search request log); it runs automatically on start.
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