Test any LLM API key in seconds
Paste a key, list your accessible models, benchmark latency, and copy a snippet. Works with 17 providers. No signup.
Stateless proxy — keys never logged, stored, or persisted. What happens to your key →
Keys never persist. The proxy forwards once and forgets.
p50 / p95 / p99 from a 5-ping benchmark, per provider.
cURL, Python, Node fetch, axios — copy and ship.
About
APIKit is a developer toolkit for working with LLM APIs.
APIKit is a free, open-source web toolkit for software developers integrating Large Language Model (LLM) APIs. Paste a key from OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, or any of 12 other providers, and APIKit verifies it works, lists every model the key can call, benchmarks request latency, and generates copy-paste code snippets. Beyond the tester, the kit ships a bulk tester, a cross-provider comparison, a streaming Playground, a webhook-signature validator, and a rate-limit calculator. The proxy is stateless — no key is ever logged or stored.
Providers
Pick a provider, paste a key, ship.
Anthropic
/test/anthropic-api-key
Claude Opus, Sonnet, Haiku.
chatvisionOpenRouter
/test/openrouter-api-key
One API, every model.
chatvisionopen-sourceGroq
/test/groq-api-key
LPU-accelerated Llama, Mixtral, Whisper.
chataudioPerplexity
/test/perplexity-api-key
Sonar online search-augmented chat.
chatxAI
/test/xai-api-key
Grok-2 and Grok-2-vision.
chatvisionFireworks AI
/test/fireworks-api-key
Fast inference for OSS models.
chatembeddingopen-sourceHugging Face
/test/huggingface-api-key
Inference API + Inference Endpoints.
chatembeddingimageaudioopen-sourceReplicate
/test/replicate-api-key
Run open-source models with one HTTP call.
chatimageaudioopen-sourceOpenAI
/test/openai-api-key
GPT-4o, o1, embeddings, DALL·E.
chatembeddingimageaudiovisionDeepSeek
/test/deepseek-api-key
DeepSeek-V3 chat and coder.
chatGoogle Gemini
/test/gemini-api-key
Gemini 2.0 Pro, Flash, embeddings.
chatembeddingvisionCohere
/test/cohere-api-key
Command-R chat, rerank, embed.
chatembeddingMistral
/test/mistral-api-key
Mistral Large, Codestral, embeddings.
chatembeddingTogether AI
/test/together-api-key
200+ open-source models, fast.
chatembeddingimageopen-sourceAzure OpenAI
/test/azure-openai-api-key
OpenAI models on Azure infrastructure.
chatembeddingvisionAWS Bedrock
/test/bedrock-api-key
Anthropic, Meta, Cohere, Mistral on AWS.
chatembeddingimageOllama
/test/ollama-api-key
Run open-source models locally, no key.
chatembeddingopen-source
FAQ
What APIKit is — and isn't.
- What is APIKit?
- APIKit is a free, open-source developer toolkit for testing Large Language Model (LLM) API keys. Paste a key from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, Cohere, DeepSeek, xAI, Perplexity, Together AI, Fireworks AI, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Hugging Face, Replicate, or a local Ollama host, and APIKit verifies the key works, lists every model it can call, benchmarks request latency, and generates ready-to-use cURL, Python, and Node.js snippets.
- What does APIKit do with my API key?
- Nothing — beyond forwarding it once to the upstream provider so we can read the response. The proxy is stateless: keys are never logged, stored, or persisted. There is no database, no analytics on key values, and no third-party scripts. The full code is open source on GitHub.
- Which LLM providers does APIKit support?
- OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, Mistral, Cohere, Groq, DeepSeek, xAI (Grok), Perplexity, Together AI, Fireworks AI, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Hugging Face, Replicate, and Ollama (local). Adding a new provider takes about 30 minutes — see the contributing guide.
- Do I need to sign up?
- No. APIKit is free and requires no account, email, or signup. Just paste a key and test.
- Can APIKit do more than just test keys?
- Yes — there's a bulk tester (CSV export), a side-by-side provider comparison, a streaming Playground for real prompts, a webhook-signature validator (OpenAI + Anthropic), a rate-limit calculator, a live provider status board, and Postman / Insomnia / Bruno collection exports per provider. The whole thing is a kit, not just a tester.
- Can I run APIKit myself?
- Yes. The codebase is MIT-licensed and runs on any Node.js host or Vercel. Clone the repo and follow the README.
Guides
Practical, opinionated, no fluff.
/guides/how-to-get-an-openai-api-key
How to get an OpenAI API key
Step-by-step walkthrough to create, scope, and verify an OpenAI API key — including project keys and service accounts.
Read/guides/how-to-get-an-anthropic-api-key
How to get an Anthropic API key
Create a Claude API key from the Anthropic console, set workspace limits, and verify it in seconds.
Read/guides/how-to-get-a-gemini-api-key
How to get a Google Gemini API key
Generate a Gemini API key from Google AI Studio, switch to a billed project, and avoid the free-tier surprises.
Read/guides/api-key-security-best-practices
API key security best practices for LLMs
How to store, scope, rotate, and revoke LLM API keys without leaking them through git, logs, or shared environments.
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