OpenRouter is the default router for most developers: hundreds of models behind one OpenAI compatible API. For uncensored models it is thin. It lists a handful of uncensored fine tunes among its general catalogue, and the abliterated and heretic versions of DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen, Gemma and MiMo are mostly not there.
OpenUncensored: OpenRouter for uncensored models
OpenUncensored is a router built only for uncensored models. The same protocol (https://api.openuncensored.com/v1, chat completions,
the Responses API, streaming, tools), with 61 uncensored, abliterated and heretic text models from 8 hosts.
We also route to OpenRouter for 12 uncensored models, so you keep those too.
What is different:
- Every model is uncensored, and measured. We rank them on intelligence, agent tasks, refusals and speed, so you can pick one that works in your agent, not just one that answers. See the rankings.
- No account. A prepaid key bought by card, with nothing else to sign up for.
- Prices per provider in the open. Each model page lists every provider's per token and cached price, and live speed.
- Same routing controls.
routing.only,routing.ignoreand strategies for lowest cost, lowest latency or fastest output, per request or per key. OpenRouter'sprovider.sortis understood too.
A full comparison is at openuncensored.com/vs/openrouter.
Side by side
| OpenRouter | OpenUncensored | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | General purpose, hundreds of models | Uncensored, abliterated and heretic models only |
| Uncensored text models | A handful of fine tunes | 61, from 8 hosts |
| Abliterated DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen, Gemma, MiMo | Mostly absent | Yes, several versions of each |
| Refusal and agent measurements | No | Every model, on the same tests (rankings) |
| Account | Required | None: a prepaid key bought by card |
| Billing | Pass through per token pricing plus a fee on credit purchases. | Prepaid credit, per token |
| Provider choice | provider.sort, order, only |
routing.strategy, only, ignore; provider.sort accepted |
Switch in one line
from openai import OpenAI
# was: OpenAI(base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key=...)
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.openuncensored.com/v1", api_key="ou-...")
Buy a prepaid key at openuncensored.com/credits: no account, no sign up, just a card and a
key (ou-...). Or hand your agent openuncensored.com/agents.md and let it get one for you.
Migration notes
- Model ids differ. OpenRouter uses
author/model; ours are plain slugs such asdeepseek-v4.1-flash-1017-uncensored. Copy them from the models page orGET https://api.openuncensored.com/v1/models. - OpenRouter-only fields are ignored, not rejected.
transforms,models,route,pluginsandusageare dropped, so existing request code keeps working.provider.sort(price,throughput,latency) maps onto our routing strategies. - Which model answered is in the
X-OU-ModelandX-OU-Providerheaders rather than the body. - Errors follow OpenAI's shape. A used up key returns
402 insufficient_quota.
The OpenRouter models you keep
We route these uncensored models to OpenRouter, so a single OpenUncensored key covers them too:
aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b, cydonia-24b-v4.1, hermes-4-405b, l3-lunaris-8b, l3.1-euryale-70b, magnum-v4-72b, mythomax-l2-13b, remm-slerp-l2-13b, skyfall-36b-v2, unslopnemo-12b, venice-uncensored, weaver.
The best uncensored models to start with
| Rank | Model | id | Agent tasks | Answers edgy requests | $ per 1M in + out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Uncensored | deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017-uncensored |
2/5 | 100% | $1.65 |
| #2 | GLM 5.3 Flash Uncensored | glm-5.3-flash-uncensored |
3/5 | 94% | $0.620 |
| #3 | Qwen 3.8 27B Uncensored Fast by Heabsy | qwen3.8-27b-uncensored-fast |
2/5 | 100% | $3.45 |
| #4 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 0910 Uncensored | deepseek-v4.1-flash-0910-uncensored |
2/5 | 97% | $1.65 |
| #5 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Uncensored | deepseek-v4.1-flash-uncensored |
1/5 | 100% | $0.570 |
| #6 | Abliterated Large Flash | abliterated-large-flash |
1/5 | 92% | $3.00 |
Other OpenRouter alternatives for uncensored models
| Provider | What it is | Billing | Prompt logging | Pricing (their figures) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RedPill | Hosts models. Confidential inference in trusted execution environments (Phala), including an uncensored Qwen 3.8 27B. | Per token | Not published | Qwen 3.8 27B uncensored at $0.30 in / $1.50 out per M tokens. |
| Venice | Hosts models. Private inference with its own uncensored model line and a crypto native API. | Per token or plan, crypto accepted | Says no logs | API from $0.20 in / $0.90 out per M tokens. App plans $18 to $200 a month. |
| Featherless | Subscription. Flat rate serverless access to thousands of Hugging Face fine tunes, 781 of them tagged uncensored. | Per token or plan | Says no logs | Basic $10 a month, Chat $25 a month unlimited tokens at 32K context. Developer plans from $50. |
| ArliAI | Subscription. Unlimited token plans focused on creative writing and roleplay models. | Plan | Says no logs | Monthly plans with unlimited tokens. |
| heabsy | Hosts models. FEYA s.r.o. (Slovakia). Own GPUs in the EEA plus zero-retention partners, serving dealignai's DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and GLM 5.3 builds, Qwen 3.8 and MiMo uncensored models, and its own CyberHeabsy. | Per token | Says no logs | GLM 5.3 Flash Uncensored $0.20 in / $0.80 out, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Uncensored $0.40 / $1.40 per M tokens. |
| Refuseless | Hosts models. DPLS Systems LLC (Wyoming). Its own abliterations of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash. Prepaid credits. | Per token, crypto accepted | Says no logs | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Abliterated $0.12 in / $0.45 out, GLM 5.3 Abliterated $1.00 / $2.00 per M tokens. |
| NanoGPT | Aggregator. Pay per prompt aggregator. No account needed, crypto checkout, TEE hosted models. | Per token, crypto accepted | Transient | Card from $1, BTC, Lightning and XMR from $0.10. |
| Abliteration.ai | Hosts models. Hosted abliterated frontier models, led by Abliterated Large v2 on GLM-5.3. | Per token or plan | Says no logs | Around $3 in / $3 out per M tokens. Monthly tiers $20 to $200. |
| Chutes | Decentralised network. Decentralised GPU network on Bittensor with very low per token prices. | Per token, crypto accepted | Not published | Per token, often below cost. Many models served at int4. |
| Atlas Cloud | Hosts models. Image generation API serving open FLUX and Z-Image weights. | Per token | Says no logs | FLUX Schnell $0.003, Z-Image Turbo $0.01, FLUX Dev $0.012 per image. |
Details and sources for each are on the providers page.
Frequently asked questions
Does OpenRouter have uncensored models?
A few: some roleplay and creative fine tunes and Venice's uncensored model. It does not carry most abliterated versions of the big open models, and it does not measure refusals.
Can I use both?
Yes. Keep OpenRouter for frontier models and add OpenUncensored for uncensored ones. Both use the OpenAI SDK, so it is a second client with a different base URL and key.