LibreChat + Chinese AI Models (2026)

Updated 2026-10-10 · verified against the live model list

LibreChat is a self-hosted, multi-user chat platform that aggregates many providers behind one UI. Add NovAI as a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint in librechat.yaml and every user gets 121 Chinese frontier models — DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi, Seedance, MiniMax, Hunyuan — with five free and unlimited.

Add the NovAI endpoint

# librechat.yaml
endpoints:
  custom:
    - name: "NovAI"
      apiKey: "YOUR_NOVAI_KEY"
      baseURL: "https://aiapi-pro.com/v1"
      models:
        default: ["glm-4.7-flash", "glm-5.3-flash", "deepseek-v4-pro"]
        fetch: true   # pull the full list from /v1/models

1. Edit librechat.yaml and add the block above.
2. Restart LibreChat.
3. The "NovAI" provider appears in the model selector with the full Chinese model list.

Which model to pick

Troubleshooting

• Provider missing: confirm baseURL ends with /v1 and restart; test curl https://aiapi-pro.com/v1/models.
• 401: key not active or credits exhausted — top-up from $5, or switch to a free model.
• fetch: true returns nothing: ensure the container has outbound internet.

Exact live prices for all 121 models: leaderboard (machine-readable JSON). NovAI charges 0% platform fee — you pay the raw provider list price.

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