Navigate to [https://openrouter.ai/](https://openrouter.ai/)

Use Gmail, MetaMask or sign up with your email

Add in a limit you are willing to spend, don't worry you won't be charged on free models or even paid models won't charge unless you buy credits.

Click this button to copy your key, add it to a password manager or local text document as you can only see it once.

Click this API dropdown and select text completion.

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NovelAI
KoboldAI Horde
KoboldAI Classic

Click this API Type dropdown and select OpenRouter

Default (oobabooga)
Aphrodite
DreamGen
InfermaticAI
KoboldCpp
llama.cpp
Mancer
Ollama
OpenRouter
TabbyAPI
TogetherAI

Click the "✔️ Key saved" field and paste in your key

Free models will have Free at the end of the model name. Paid models will show the token cost.

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