github vava-nessa/free-coding-models v0.1.54

latest releases: v0.5.99, v0.5.98, v0.5.97...
8 months ago

Added — Providers & Models

5 new providers (9 total, 101 models):

  • OpenRouter — 8 free coding models via the :free quota tier (20 req/min, 50 req/day shared). Includes Qwen3 Coder, Step 3.5 Flash, DeepSeek R1 0528, GPT OSS 120B/20B, Nemotron Nano 30B, Llama 3.3 70B. Key prefix: sk-or-
  • Mistral Codestral — dedicated coding endpoint (codestral.mistral.ai), codestral-latest model, 30 req/min / 2 000 req/day. Separate API key from the main Mistral platform. Key prefix: csk-
  • Hyperbolic — $1 free trial credits. 10 models: Qwen3 Coder 480B, DeepSeek R1 0528, Kimi K2, GPT OSS 120B, Qwen3 235B, Qwen3 80B Instruct, DeepSeek V3 0324, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B, Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 3.1 405B. Key prefix: eyJ
  • Scaleway — 1 million free tokens. 7 models: Devstral 2 123B, Qwen3 235B, GPT OSS 120B, Qwen3 Coder 30B, Llama 3.3 70B, R1 Distill 70B, Mistral Small 3.2. Key prefix: scw-
  • Google AI Studio — free Gemma 3 models (14 400 req/day, 30 req/min). Gemma 3 27B / 12B / 4B via the OpenAI-compatible generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai endpoint. Key prefix: AIza

New models in existing providers:

  • Groq: GPT OSS 120B (openai/gpt-oss-120b), GPT OSS 20B (openai/gpt-oss-20b), Qwen3 32B (qwen/qwen3-32b)
  • Cerebras: GLM 4.6 (glm-4.6) from Z.ai — 10 req/min, 100 req/day
  • SambaNova: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus, S tier 68.4%)

Added — TUI Features

  • N key — Origin/provider filter: cycles through All → NIM → Groq → Cerebras → SambaNova → OpenRouter → Codestral → Hyperbolic → Scaleway → Google AI → All, mirroring how T cycles tiers. The active provider is shown as a badge in the header. The Origin column header now reads Origin(N) and highlights in blue when a filter is active.
  • C key — Sort by context window: the context-window sort was previously on N; moved to C (mnemonic: Context) to free up N for the origin filter.
  • K key — Help overlay: press K (or Esc) to open/close a full keyboard shortcut reference listing every key and what it does, rendered in the alt-screen buffer without leaving the TUI.
  • Esc closes help and settings: pressing Escape now dismisses both the K help overlay and the P settings screen. The help overlay intercepts Esc before the settings handler so there is no key conflict.

Changed — README & UI

  • Provider count badge updated: 4 → 9 providers
  • Model count badge updated: 67 → 101 models
  • Requirements section lists all 9 providers with their signup URLs
  • Discord header block replaced with a plain 💬 Let's talk about the project on Discord link
  • Support section reformatted: GitHub issues link + Discord link on separate lines + docs link with inline BETA warning (⚠️ free-coding-models is a BETA TUI — expect rough edges and occasional crashes)
  • Footer hint line updated: T Tier • N Origin • … C replaces old N in sort hint; K Help added

Technical

  • sources.js: 5 new named exports; sources object extended to 9 entries; @exports JSDoc updated
  • lib/config.js: ENV_VARS extended with openrouter, codestral, hyperbolic, scaleway, googleai; JSDoc config structure comment updated
  • bin/free-coding-models.js: first-run wizard extended to 9 providers; ENV_VAR_NAMES extended; OpenCode/OpenCode-Desktop provider blocks added for all 5 new providers (all use @ai-sdk/openai-compatible + baseURL); ORIGIN_CYCLE + originFilterMode state; renderTable signature gains originFilterMode parameter; renderHelp() function added; all renderTable call sites updated

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