// AI MODEL DISCOVERY

FREE MODEL
REGISTRY.

FMR continuously discovers and validates free AI models across every provider that offers public inference. Every model is probed on three tiers — connectivity, authentication, and generation — so you always know which ones actually work. Validated models sync directly into MVS for immediate use.

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116
Models Tracked
0
Active & Validated
8
Providers
3
Validation Tiers

Registry Overview

The dashboard shows the current state of the entire model registry at a glance. Five stat tiles display total models, active and validated count, pending validation queue, dead or archived models, and provider count. The main model table is filterable by status, provider, and free-tier type. Each row shows the model identifier, provider, status badge, free-tier classification, and last validation timestamp.

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312
Total
189
Active
47
Pending
76
Dead
14
Providers
All Statuses
All Providers
All Tiers
Model Identifier Provider Status Free Tier Last Validated
meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct OpenRouter active truly_free 2 min ago
mistralai/mistral-7b-instruct OpenRouter active truly_free 18 min ago
HuggingFaceH4/zephyr-7b-beta HuggingFace active free_with_key 1h ago
llama3-8b-8192 Groq pending free_with_key queued
some-deprecated-v1 Replicate dead 3 days ago

Per-Model Validation History

Each model has a dedicated detail page showing its full record: provider, status, free-tier classification, API endpoint, discovery source, and consecutive failure count. The validation history table lists the last 10 probe runs with tier, result, HTTP status, latency in milliseconds, and any error message. A pattern of intermittent failures is visible at a glance.

meltuc.tech/fmr/model/42
MODEL INFO
IDENTIFIERmeta-llama/llama-3.3-70b
PROVIDEROpenRouter
STATUSactive
FREE TIERtruly_free
FAILURES0 consecutive
VALIDATION HISTORY
Run At Tier Result HTTP Latency
2026-05-07 14:22generationpass2001,234ms
2026-05-07 13:22generationpass2001,108ms
2026-05-07 12:22authpass200342ms
2026-05-07 11:22generationfail42989ms

One-Click MVS Provisioning

All active, validated models in FMR can be pushed to the Model Vault Selector with a single admin action. The sync operation provisions each active model into the corresponding MVS provider entry — creating models that don't exist yet and skipping ones already present. The result reports exactly how many were provisioned, skipped, and errored so nothing is left ambiguous.

meltuc.tech/fmr/admin
SCAN CONTROLS
Run Discovery Scan
Scan all sources for new models
RUN NOW
Run Validation
Probe all active + pending models
RUN NOW
Sync Active Models → MVS
Provision validated models to router
SYNC
LAST SYNC RESULT
47
Provisioned
142
Skipped
0
Errors
Last run: 2026-05-07 14:00 UTC

Automated Source Scanning

FMR scans four source types every six hours. Each discovery scan run is logged with source, start time, duration, and the number of new model candidates found. All enabled sources can be individually toggled in the admin panel.

Reddit
r/LocalLLaMA posts mentioning free LLM API endpoints and new providers
r/LocalLLaMA
GitHub
Curated community-maintained lists of free LLM API resources
cheahjs/free-llm-api-resourceswdndev/llm-resources
Hacker News
Algolia-indexed HN stories matching free LLM API keyword queries
algolia search
HuggingFace
Text-generation models with active serverless inference enabled
Inference APIwarm models
// VALIDATION MODEL

Three-Tier Probe System

Every discovered model is probed on three escalating tiers. A model reaches active status only if all three pass. After five consecutive failures it is marked dead. After fourteen days dead it is archived. Cron runs validation every hour.

Tier 1 — Connectivity
HTTP HEAD or GET to the provider's endpoint. Confirms the server is reachable. No credentials required — fastest probe.
Tier 2 — Authentication
Sends the stored API key in the Authorization header. Confirms the endpoint accepts the auth format without a full generation call.
Tier 3 — Generation
Sends a real test prompt from the configured prompt library. Confirms the model actually generates output and records latency.
// WHAT YOU GET

Everything You Need to Find Free AI Models

FMR runs fully automated — discovery, validation, and MVS sync happen on cron without any manual intervention.

🔍

Autonomous Discovery

Scans Reddit, GitHub, Hacker News, and HuggingFace every 6 hours to surface new free-tier model endpoints before you'd find them manually.

Three-Tier Validation

Every model is probed on connectivity, auth, and live generation. Only models that pass all three tiers reach active status — no dead endpoints in your pool.

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Validation History

Per-model history logs every probe result — tier, HTTP status, latency, and error. Intermittent failures are visible at a glance before they become outages.

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MVS Integration

One-click sync pushes all active validated models directly into the Model Vault Selector — provisioned, skipped, and error counts reported for full transparency.

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Provider Tracking

Models are classified by provider and free-tier type — truly_free, free_with_key, or rate_limited — so you always know what credentials are required.

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Admin Controls

Trigger discovery and validation runs on demand, toggle individual sources, and manage the test prompt library — all from the admin panel without touching code.

// GET STARTED

Stop Guessing. Know What Works.

Continuous discovery. Three-tier validation. Direct sync to your AI router. Every free model, always current.

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