OpenRouter

Multi-model API gateway

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Overview

OpenRouter provides a unified API gateway to access all major AI models — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and more. Single API key, consistent format, automatic fallback routing. Some free models available. Pricing is pass-through with small markup.

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+Multi-model access
+Model comparison
+Fallback routing
+Cost optimization

News & Updates

Online OCR Free Launches Batch Tool for Tesseract, Gemini & OpenRouter Models

A developer launched Online OCR Free, a web UI for batch OCR processing that supports Tesseract for local, free use and integrates Google Vision, Gemini, and any OpenRouter model via user-provided API keys. The tool exports to TXT, JSON, XML, or PDF and allows custom prompts for tasks like translation or structured data extraction. This fills a gap for users handling large document sets who previously lacked a free, clean batch processing interface, offering a no-subscription, no-markup alternative to commercial services.

NEW_TOOLS3/3/2026

PLAI.chat Launches Multi-Model AI Chat with Local Storage, No Server Logs

A developer launched PLAI.chat, a new AI chat interface that connects to multiple models through OpenRouter's API. The key innovation is that all chat history is stored exclusively in the user's browser localStorage, with no conversation data logged or stored on PLAI.chat's servers. This directly addresses privacy concerns with mainstream AI chat services that retain user data, offering a zero-retention alternative. The tool was shared on Hacker News as a response to frustration with constantly switching apps and services storing conversations.

NEW_TOOLS3/2/2026

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News & Updates

Online OCR Free Launches Batch Tool for Tesseract, Gemini & OpenRouter Models

PLAI.chat Launches Multi-Model AI Chat with Local Storage, No Server Logs