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Free gateway

Use Miton's built-in free routing gateway without your own API keys.

Product stage
Pre-release development
Last reviewed
2026-07-23
Successful result
The change is visible in the active project.

What this accomplishes

Try Miton with hosted free-tier models before you add your own keys.

Current availability

This page documents behaviour verified in Miton development builds. Miton is still pre-release and is not publicly downloadable; invited beta users will receive a signed desktop build with automatic updates.

Before you start

  • A Miton development build and an active project.
  • A connected cloud or local model, plus any credentials or local runtime required by this task.

Steps

  1. Open the model selector in the chat composer.
  2. Choose a model labelled Free gateway (for example Gemini Flash or Llama 8B).
  3. Type your prompt and press Enter.
  4. Miton routes the request through the free gateway.

What success looks like

A normal chat response and your remaining free-tier quota in the status bar.

Common failures and recovery

  • Quota exceeded: The gateway has a daily limit. Add your own keys via BYOK or wait for the limit to reset.
  • Timeouts: The gateway may be busy. Switch to a local model or a personal API key.