- Dataset
- 2026-10-27-catalog-ai-v2
- Ruleset
- b2e8889c66f7
- Scanned
- 2026-10-27
- Window
- February–September 15, 2026
List of Permanent Free LLM API (API Keys)
01Result
mnfst/awesome-free-llm-apis ↗mnfst/awesome-free-llm-apis AI coding statistics: 12.2%
One person is driving this. The headline number reflects a single contributor's workflow, not a project-wide shift.
02Drivers
What shapes this result
Mode, timing, and detected signatures show whether the result reflects broad adoption or one concentrated workflow.
Assisted or autonomous
Assisted — a developer’s identity authored the commit and the agent added itself as co-author. Autonomous — a bot identity authored the commit without a human identity attached.
Agent share by month
| Month | Agent share | Considered commits |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03 | 27.3% | 11 |
| 2026-04 | 6.7% | 15 |
| 2026-05 | 100% | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 0% | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 0% | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 0% | 12 |
| 2026-09 | 0% | 2 |
Peak month: 100%. Bars are scaled to that peak, not to 100%.
Which agents
| Agent | Vendor | Commits | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Anthropic | 6 | 12.2% |
03Evidence
Inspect the matches
Public commit samples let you inspect the signatures behind the aggregate result.
Matched commit samples
c5130312on GitHubfix: resolve awesome-lint duplicate-link and spell-check failuresClaude Code5eaf6d5eon GitHubfeat: refresh free-tier providers (2026-05-20)Claude Code3dd72bd5on GitHubfeat: add OVHcloud AI Endpoints (FR) with free anonymous tierClaude Code
04Method
What entered the denominator
The result begins with commit history, removes merges and routine automation, and reports literal agent signatures as a lower bound.
Exclusion ledger
| Commits in window | 80 |
| Merge commits removed | −27 |
| CI / dependency bots removed | −4 |
| Considered | 49 |
Bots are excluded from the denominator entirely. Agent attribution requires a literal supported signature; no code-style inference is used.
Continue exploring
Related coding-agent evidence
Run the same detector locally.
Deterministic signature matching; no code-style inference. Squash merges can remove trailers, so this result remains a measured floor.
npx qmmit-cli mnfst/awesome-free-llm-apis