OpenRouter API key setup
Unified LLM router — one API key, many providers. The free tier gives you 50 req/day of free models with no card required; the free model pool rotates.
Get your key
- Open the OpenRouter API keys page: openrouter.ai/keys
- Create an account and generate an API key.
- Paste it into the Dracon key manager — stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM), used browser-direct, works in every Dracon tool.
Free tier
Yes. OpenRouter's free tier gives you 50 req/day of free models with no card. Add $10 in PAYG credits to unlock 1,000 req/day of free models. The free model pool rotates — check the provider's pricing page for current specifics.
Rate limits: 50 req/day on the base free tier; $10 in PAYG credits unlocks 1,000 req/day of free models (model pool rotates)
Connection details
- Base URL
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1- API shape
- OpenAI-compatible
- Env var
OPENROUTER_API_KEY- Models
- google/gemini-2.5-flash, deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324, meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct
- Model lineup
- Llama 3.3 70B, Mistral Large, Qwen 3 235B, DeepSeek V3, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (paid)