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OpenRouter Quick Start (5–8 min): Free Models, API Key, open Web UI.

In this quick OpenRouter walkthrough (5–8 minutes), I’ll show you what OpenRouter is, how to use free models in the chat playground, how to generate an API key safely, and how to connect OpenRouter to tools like TypingMind or LibreChat. What you’ll learn • What OpenRouter does: one API gateway for many models (Claude, Gemini, Llama, etc.) • How the free tier works (and the key limits to know) • How to use free models in the OpenRouter Chat UI • How to create and protect your API key • How to connect OpenRouter to TypingMind or LibreChat Important safety notes (please read) • Do not share personal, sensitive, or confidential info in prompts. Treat anything you type as potentially logged somewhere along the route depending on provider + your privacy settings. • Never paste your API key into screenshots, public repos, or chat messages. Store it in a password manager or environment variable. • Benchmarks can be misleading. Use them as one signal, not the truth—always test on your own tasks. Links • OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai • Free models collection: https://openrouter.ai/collections/fre... • Chat playground: https://openrouter.ai/chat • Create/manage API keys: https://openrouter.ai/keys • Rate limits (free tier details): https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/refere... • Privacy / data collection: https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/pri... • Support (chatroom + logging details): https://openrouter.ai/support • TypingMind: https://typingmind.com • LibreChat: https://github.com/danny-avila/LibreChat Free tier limits (quick reference) Free model variants (IDs ending in :free) are rate-limited. If you’ve purchased less than $10 in credits, you get 50 free-model requests/day; once you’ve purchased $10+, it increases to 1000 free-model requests/day, plus a 20 requests/min limit for free models.