🐦‍⬛ Crow AI

One API key. Every frontier model. Fair pricing.

_{OpenAI-compatible · Community-first · Built in the open}

→ discord.gg/crow ←

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Note

Currently available: Chat completions with streaming. Image generation, audio, embeddings and other endpoints are coming — follow Discord for updates.

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What is Crow AI?

Crow AI is an OpenAI-compatible API that routes your requests to frontier models — GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and more — behind a single key.

No vendor lock-in. No per-seat pricing. No surprise bills. Just credits, fair rates, and one endpoint.

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Quick Start

Base URL    https://api.crowllm.com/v1
Auth        Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

1 — Join Discord Open discord.gg/crow — the community lives here	2 — Sign up Create your account at crowllm.com
3 — Get your key Dashboard → API Keys → New Key	4 — Build Point any OpenAI SDK at the base URL and start calling models

New accounts get free starter credits. No credit card required to try.

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Code Examples

Chat — curl

curl https://api.crowllm.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CROW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-4o",
    "messages": [
      { "role": "user", "content": "Write a Python hello world." }
    ],
    "stream": true
  }'

Chat — Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_CROW_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.crowllm.com/v1",
)

res = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="claude-sonnet-4-5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Say hello."}],
)

print(res.choices[0].message.content)

Chat — JavaScript / TypeScript

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.CROW_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://api.crowllm.com/v1",
});

const res = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "gemini-2.5-pro",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What day is it?" }],
});

console.log(res.choices[0].message.content);

Streaming — Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_CROW_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.crowllm.com/v1",
)

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-chat",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Count to 10 slowly."}],
    stream=True,
)

for chunk in stream:
    if chunk.choices[0].delta.content:
        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)

Tool calling — Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_CROW_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.crowllm.com/v1",
)

res = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    tool_choice="required",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Get the weather for Istanbul."}],
    tools=[{
        "type": "function",
        "function": {
            "name": "get_weather",
            "description": "Get the weather for a city.",
            "parameters": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {"city": {"type": "string"}},
                "required": ["city"],
                "additionalProperties": False,
            },
        },
    }],
)

print(res.choices[0].message.tool_calls)

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Supported Models

Provider	Models
OpenAI	GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, o1, o3, o4-mini
Anthropic	claude-opus-4, claude-sonnet-4, claude-haiku-3.5
Google	Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash · Vertex AI
DeepSeek	deepseek-chat, deepseek-reasoner
AWS Bedrock	Claude, Llama, Titan via Bedrock
xAI	Grok-2, Grok-3
Mistral	mistral-large, codestral
Cohere	command-r-plus
+ more	Qwen, ERNIE, GLM, SiliconFlow, Moonshot, Perplexity, Ollama, OpenRouter, and more

Full model catalog: crowllm.com/models

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Works With

Any tool that supports a custom OpenAI base URL works with Crow AI out of the box:

Category	Tools
Coding agents	Cursor, Kilo Code, Cline, Roo Code, Continue.dev, Zed, Aider
Chat clients	LibreChat, Open WebUI, LobeChat, AnythingLLM, Cherry Studio, Chatbox
SDKs	openai-python, openai-node, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Vercel AI SDK

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Self-Hosting

Crow AI is fully open source. Run your own instance:

git clone https://github.com/crowwdev/crow-ai.git
cd crow-ai
cp .env.example .env
# edit .env with your settings
docker compose up -d

Runs on port 3000. SQLite by default, MySQL and PostgreSQL also supported.

Full guide: docs.crowllm.com/self-hosting

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Community

The best place to be is the Discord. It's where the community lives, keys are distributed, features get decided, and the team is reachable.

→ Join at discord.gg/crow ←

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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