vava-nessa/free-coding-models v0.5.85

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Added

• New provider: Vercel AI Gateway (24th provider in the catalog). This is Vercel's official OpenAI-compatible gateway: one endpoint at https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/chat/completions, list prices with zero markup, and it works from your local machine with nothing deployed to Vercel.
  • Free tier: every Vercel account gets $5 of gateway credits every 30 days, no credit card required. On top of that, the gateway exposes a handful of genuinely $0 models (input AND output priced at $0), and those are the ones we list.
  • 4 models added, all verified live against GET /v1/models (373 models scanned, 2026-09-05):
    • minimax/minimax-m3-free - MiniMax M3 (Free), S+ 78.4%, 1M context, vision + tool use
    • minimax/minimax-m2.7-free - MiniMax M2.7 (Free), S+ 78.0%, 196k context, software-engineering focused
    • poolside/laguna-s-2.1-free - Laguna S 2.1 (Free), S+ tier, 256k context, dedicated agentic coding model
    • inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-fin-free - Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (Free), B+ tier, 256k context, finance-tuned 124B MoE that retains coding and math
  • Quota marked limited on purpose: the monthly credit only covers a subset of the 373-model catalog, and per Vercel's FAQ purchasing credits once permanently moves the account to the paid tier, which kills the recurring free credit. The Settings panel explains this.
  • Full cross-surface wiring: TUI Settings panel entry with its own theme color, key test endpoint (/v1/models), web dashboard catalog, OpenCode + Kilo provider config generation, and monthly reset cadence for quota display. Env var: VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (also accepts AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY).
  • Get a key: Vercel dashboard, AI Gateway → API Keys.
• New unit test covering the vercel-gateway source entry structure (model IDs must be explicit -free $0 models). Suite now at 880 tests.

Notes

• MiniMax M3/M2.7 scores mirror the measured entries already in the catalog (ollama-cloud, benchmarked 2026-07-27); the underlying models are identical.
• Laguna S 2.1 has no published SWE-bench score; its S+ tier follows the family precedent (Laguna XS 2.1 ships S+ 70.9% via NVIDIA). models.dev flags the model as deprecated as of 2026-09-05 (the Zen free promo ended), but Vercel still serves the $0 variant live today, so it stays listed with a re-verify note for the next audit.
• Catalog totals: 24 providers, 229 models.