Sponsorship + NovAI API provider recommendation (40+ Chinese LLMs, OpenAI-compatible, free tier)

[vvvvking]

Hi Enrico,

I'm reaching out to sponsor big-AGI and propose adding NovAI as a recommended custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint in your README.

What NovAI is

NovAI (aiapi-pro.com) is an OpenAI-compatible API gateway that gives access to 40+ Chinese-open LLMs through a single /v1 endpoint. Since big-AGI already supports "up to five custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints," NovAI drops in with zero integration work.

Why this fits big-AGI users

big-AGI already lists DeepSeek, Moonshot, and Z.ai as native providers. NovAI gives your users all of those plus 30+ more (Qwen, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, Doubao, Baichuan, etc.) through a single API key — instead of managing separate accounts and keys for each Chinese provider.

Category	Models	Notable
Chat / reasoning	deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek-v4-flash	DeepSeek V4, free flash tier
Code	kimi-k2.7-code, doubao-seed-2.0-code	Kimi + Doubao coding models
Multimodal (vision)	glm-4.6v, glm-5v-turbo, qwen3.6-max-preview	Vision models
General	qwen3.7-max, glm-5.2, kimi-k3, minimax-m3	Latest Chinese frontier
Image (free)	cogview-3-flash	$0, no credit card
Video (free)	cogvideox-flash	$0, no credit card

Full model list: https://aiapi-pro.com/v1/models

How big-AGI users connect

In big-AGI Settings → Models → add a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint:

API Base URL: https://aiapi-pro.com/v1
API Key:      nvai-your-key-here

That's it. Streaming, function calling, and vision all work out of the box.

Test it right now:

curl https://aiapi-pro.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer nvai-4e28128d4ad5668270b8e02b2983f0d9" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

Free test key (pre-loaded with $10 credits):

API Key: nvai-4e28128d4ad5668270b8e02b2983f0d9
Base URL: https://aiapi-pro.com/v1

Honest disclosure

Image and video output from Chinese providers carries a visible AI生成 label (lower-right corner), mandated by China's AI content labelling rules (in force Sept 2025). We cannot remove it. Text/chat/code/vision-input models are unaffected — no label, no watermark. Full disclosure: https://aiapi-pro.com/watermark-notice

Free tier

cogview-3-flash (image) and cogvideox-flash (video) are $0 with no credit card. deepseek-v4-flash is near-free. Users can register and get a key immediately: https://aiapi-pro.com/register

What I'm asking for

1. Please test NovAI as a custom endpoint in big-AGI using the config and key above.
2. 2. If it works to your satisfaction, add NovAI to your README's provider list (or a "recommended gateways" section) with a one-line description and logo.

Sponsorship

I'd like to join your GitHub Sponsors at the $50/mo tier — which per your sponsor page includes "Logo or name goes in my project README." This is exactly what I'm looking for.

I can pay via GitHub Sponsors (PayPal or credit card). Happy to start as soon as you confirm the README placement.

Thank you for building big-AGI — it's one of the cleanest AI frontends out there.

Best,
于侃 (Yu Kan)
NovAI — https://aiapi-pro.com
GitHub: @vvvvking