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    api4students — the free AI API for students

    One free API key for chat LLMs, image generation, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text. OpenAI & Anthropic compatible, built for student projects and hackathons. Sign up with Gmail and get $10 free credits instantly.

    Chat, images, TTS & STT
    LLMs with streaming and tools, image generators like Flux, plus speech models — one key for all.
    OpenAI-compatible, drop-in
    Same request schema as OpenAI — streaming (SSE), tool calling, JSON mode, and vision pass straight through.
    No credit card required
    Sign up with email & password, verify with an OTP, generate your a4s-… key in seconds.
    $10 free for Gmail users
    @gmail.com sign-ups get 10 credits (= $10). Perfect for class projects and prototypes.
    Quick start:
    POST /v1/chat/completions
    POST /v1/messages
    POST /v1/images/generations
    POST /v1/audio/speech
    POST /v1/audio/transcriptions
    GET /v1/models
    GET /health
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    Why api4students

    The AI API built for students

    Everything you need to add AI to your student projects — chat, images, and speech — in one free, OpenAI-compatible API.

    Chat, image & speech models

    LLM chat with streaming and tool calling, image generation, text-to-speech, and Whisper speech-to-text — one API key for all four.

    Streaming & tool calling

    SSE streaming, function calling, JSON mode, vision — all passed through to upstream. Use any OpenAI SDK unchanged.

    Free credits, no card

    1 credit = $1. $10 free for Gmail sign-ups. Per-token billing identical to upstream pricing. No credit card to start.

    Multi-key rotation

    Multiple NVIDIA NIM, Groq, and custom provider keys configured per server. Each request uses a random key; retries on 429.

    OpenAI + Anthropic schemas

    POST /v1/chat/completions for OpenAI clients, POST /v1/messages for Anthropic clients. Same models, both schemas.

    In-browser playground

    Test models before writing code. Adjust temperature, max tokens, system prompt, and copy as cURL.

    Full docs & snippets

    Copy-paste cURL, Python, and Node.js snippets for every endpoint — chat, images, and audio.

    Perfect for hackathons

    From signup to first API call in under two minutes. Ideal for class projects, hackathons, and portfolio builds.

    Code example

    Drop-in OpenAI replacement

    Change two lines in your existing code and you're done.

    from openai import OpenAI

# Before:
# client = OpenAI(api_key="sk-xxxx")

# After — the free AI API for students:
client = OpenAI(
    api_key="a4s-xxxx",
    base_url="https://api.namansoni.in/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="llama-3.1-8b-instant",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
    stream=True,
)
for chunk in response:
    print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content or "", end="")
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    Available models

    Chat LLMs, image generators & speech models

    Browse the full list of free and cheap models with pricing, capabilities, and context windows — Llama, Mixtral, Gemma, Flux, Whisper, and more. Each model is tested before listing.

    Browse models Try the playground
    FAQ

    Frequently asked questions

    Everything you need to know about the free AI API for students.

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    Sign up in 30 seconds. Get $10 free credits if you use Gmail. Generate your first API key immediately.

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