North Mini Code

Name: North Mini Code
Author: Cohere

Free right now Small

CodingLong contextOpen weights

North Mini Code is a language model from Cohere. It is currently free at 2 providers with up to 262K tokens of context. The model is suited to coding. Its weights are open, so it can also run locally.

Developer: Cohere
Context: 262K tokens
Type: Text
License: Open weights

Where to use North Mini Code for free

Each row is a separate free endpoint with its own limits.

Provider	Context	Limit	Card
OpenRouter `cohere/north-mini-code:free`	256K	Free tier	No	Open
UnoRouter `north-mini-code:free`	262K	No-card free models use shared capacity and per-model limits; availability can change.	No	Open

Quick start

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "cohere/north-mini-code:free",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY",
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="cohere/north-mini-code:free",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "cohere/north-mini-code:free",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Example for OpenRouter. Any OpenAI-compatible client works: Cursor, Cline, OpenCode, Open WebUI.