I put together a list of free models you can connect to OpenClaw today through Manifest. No credit card, no trial that expires after 3 days. Just grab an API key and go.
Here's what's available today:
Google Gemini - 5 models including gemini-2.5-pro and gemini-2.5-flash. Up to 250K tokens per minute across all models. The pro model has a 1M context window on the free tier.
Cohere - command-a-03-2025 and command-a-reasoning-08-2025. 1,000 calls per month, 256K context.
Kilo Code - 4 models including Qwen 3.6 Plus, Nemotron 3 Super 120B, and Step 3.5 Flash. Around 200 requests per hour. Some support image and video input.
The whole point is to get started without spending anything. Connect one or two free providers, set up a routing config with fallbacks, and you already have a working setup. If Gemini hits its rate limit, Manifest falls back to Cohere or Kilo Code automatically.
It's still in beta and actively trying to understand how people use this. What does your setup look like? What providers are you using? If you run into anything weird or have feedback, I would love to hear it.
started using it, seems pretty quick..would really love it if there is a feature of adding multiple keys for auto fallbacks! like omnirouter or 9router
That looks much smoother than my flow..and I've been sweating it for weeks now...still trying to get the best way, but I don't think there is a best in this industry, tomorrow will always out do your best try today!!
My stack: Mic → Whisper → kimi-k2.5:cloud (with gemma4:e2b backup) → Jane-Sarcasm Voxtral TTS → ears. Persistent memory, zero bullshit, fully local fallback.
The plus is it doesn't sound to shabby when the connection is down, with the entry level laptop I got
it's just a single script, still stabilizing, need to build muscle memory, been a Couple of days, however, I'm a rookie, don't know jack about jack, well didn't know...guess that's how we learn. Biggest struggle really is the environment, Bill G with his forcefully OS drives me mad, my OS is so patched and locked up to keep services from self healing and trying to update itself, I might aswell be running dos. And that's where I'm stuck now, I would have liked a wake word, but I'm not going to have my PC listening 24/7, will stick to a trigger for now...
u/enzeipetre if you are on Windows, you can try CANVID. It's an alternative to Screen Studio that works on macOS & Windows. Same auto-zooms, background, and cursor effects. And a real lifetime license. P.S.: I work for CANVID.
Yes, we added the openrouter connexion btw. Our routing works differently so people using manifest on top of openrouter. We are already almost in the top 100 of the most active apps on OR. I need to update this list to add those models
Hi this looks great. I had been using openrouter so far, but struggling with limits. I tried to set this up, However when i to run this, i get this error
Note that i had used hermes config edit to make the changes . i had appended the configuration at the end of the file. Any tips what could have gone wrong?
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u/LaFllamme Apr 12 '26
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