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Is the DeepSeek API key free?
Yes, it’s free of cost. That's why it has become the favorite of all developers, and they prefer the DeepSeek AI API more than its rivals. It also gives more accurate results than its alternatives.
What models are accessible through the DeepSeek API?
DeepSeek-Chat (V3) and DeepSeek-Reasoner (R1) are accessible through DeepSeek API. Both offer advanced natural language processing capabilities.
What are the token limits for DeepSeek API requests?
DeepSeek's models support a context length of up to 64K tokens with a default output of 4K tokens.
openrouter.ai does literally what chutes did, for freeah~ . anyways enough gatekeeping.
Make an openrouter.ai account
Top right, hover over the burger button and click Settings > API key
Create API Key, name it literally anything it doesnt matter.
COPY API KEY. NOW, SAVE IT. (AND DONT SHARE IT OMFG??)
GO BACK into Janitor.ai, create/go back into a chat or whatever
Top right > API settings > Proxy
(FOLLOW THIS PART VERY CAREFULLY NOW!)
7) PUT THESE IN THE FOLLOWING BOXES:
Model: Custom
deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324:free
Other API/proxy URL:
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
API Key:
(the api key that you created)
8) NOW: scroll down, press save. now refresh the website and click "Check API Key/Model"
YOU SHOULD GET: Valid API Key. Click Save Settings, and you can start chatting to your bots now!
"I didnt get it!! it said network error.." PRESS SAVE SETTINGS AT THE BOTTOM, THEN REFRESH THE WEBSITE, THEN CLICK CHECK API KEY AND MODEL!
Hope this tutorial helps :3
Note: Some people said they get 403 error with the chutes website. Thanks to AI Act; looks like chutes.ai doesn't work in EU countries or at least in some of them. In this case use a VPN.
1-Register to chutes.ai (This is the main free deepseek provider on openrouter.)
2-Get your API KEY (generate a new one, don't use the default API KEY)
3-Open SillyTavern, go to API Connections
-"API" > choose "Chat Completion"
-"Chat Completion Source" > choose "Custom(OpenAI-compatible)"
-"Custom Endpoint (Base URL)" > https://llm.chutes.ai/v1/
-"Custom API Key" > Bearer yourapikeyhere
-"Enter model ID" > deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324
-Press to "connect" button.
----If it doesn't select "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324" on "Available Models" section automatiacally, choose that manually and try to connect again.
Free Deepseek V3 0324. Enjoy. I just found this after dozens of trying. Also there are much more free models on chutes.ai so we can try those too I guess. Also there are free image generator AI's. Maybe we can use that on SillyTavern too? I don't know. I just started to use SillyTavern yesterday so I don't know what I can do with this and what I can't. Looks like chutes.ai added Hidream image generator as free which that is new and awesome model. If you know a way to integrate that to SillyTavern please enlighten me.