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Thinking Machines
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Tracked2models
Free now2models
Best free nowInkling Small
FTI16
5 sources, 5 independent of the vendor: centre 16.
- 19.5 Epoch Capabilities Index (Epoch AI): 150.46 · third party
- 18 FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private (Epoch AI): 17.07 · third party
- 16.3 FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private (Epoch AI): 46.32 · third party
- 16.3 GPQA Diamond: 83.59 · third party
- 14.1 Humanity's Last Exam: 31.6 · third party
- 9.8 Mystery Game Puzzles (Epoch AI): 6 · third party
- 24.9 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI): 90 · third party
- 18.1 SWE-bench Verified: 81.2 · third party
- 7.6 SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI): 19.1 · third party
- 20.2 Terminal-Bench 2.1: 59.88 · third party
Free channels2
Events9
Models 2 free now · 0 not
| Model | FT Intelligence | Free on | Context | Images | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #28Inkling SmallThinking Machines |
FTI165 sources, 5 independent of the vendor: centre 16.
|
1M | yes | 6 events | |
| #28–39InklingThinking Machines |
FTI12–172 sources, 2 independent of the vendor: centre 15; fewer than 3 sources or none independent, so shown as a band.
|
1M | yes | 5 events |
Where they are free channels with a free lane for this maker's models
Free periods this maker's free lanes against today
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OpenRouter live
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What happened newest first · times link to the source
Tue, Nov 3today
thinkingmachines/inkling:free is listed in the Kilo gateway catalogue at $0/$0 until 2026-11-04 (gateway expiration_date); 1M context, may train on prompts → end date Nov 4
Fri, Oct 2311 days ago
thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free is no longer in Kilo's model catalogue at the 2026-10-23 catalogue recheck (the 401-model list keeps 13 other :free ids); the same API holds thinkingmachines/inkling-small as paid-only, isFree false at $0.45/$1.00 per Mtoken, and mastra.ai's Kilo provider mirror lists the same id at those prices with no :free variant; first seen in the catalogue 2026-08-21, last listed 2026-10-06; it never answered one of our calls; no end date announced → end date Oct 23
Sun, Oct 1123 days ago
endedDots3-Note Preview · Clineended North Mini Code · Clineended Ling 3.0 Flash Sante · Clineended Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B (reasoning) · Clineended Nemotron 3 Super · Clineended Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B-A55B) · Clineended Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · Clineended Laguna S 2.1 · Clineended Laguna XS 2.1 · Clineended LFM 2.5 2.6B · Clineended Apodex 1.1 Mini · Clineended Gemma 4 26B A4B · Clineended Gemma 4 31B · Clineended Inkling Small · Clineended Inkling · Clineended Kimi K3 · Clineended
Cline free promotion ended: API returns "Free model promotion ended"; models removed from Cline recommended models catalogue
Source: Cline API and CLI check
Tue, Oct 628 days ago
Listed free in the Kilo CLI; the first test call hit "Daily limit reached … Credits don't affect this cap"
Source: own check
listedApodex 1.1 Mini · Clineended Dots3-Note Preview · Clineended Gemma 4 26B A4B · Clineended Gemma 4 31B · Clineended Inkling Small · Clineended Inkling · Clineended
In the Cline CLI's free-model list; the test call returned no text or an upstream error (429). Qwen 3.8 27B (404) and Step 3.7 Flash (not found) are listed but gone
Source: Cline free models
Sat, Aug 22
Fri, Aug 21
First seen in Kilo's model catalogue (models.dev sync): Inkling Small
Source: models.dev commit
Thu, Jul 30
Listed on OpenRouter as thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free at $0 (OpenRouter's catalogue record date)
Source: OpenRouter model page
Fri, Jul 17
Listed on OpenRouter as thinkingmachines/inkling:free at $0 (OpenRouter's catalogue record date)
Source: OpenRouter model page