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Using LibreChat with NanoGPT

A quick guide to setting up LibreChat with NanoGPT’s API.

Setup Instructions

  1. Get your API key from nano-gpt.com/api
  2. Locate your LibreChat installation’s librechat.example.yml file
  3. Create a copy named librechat.yml
  4. Add the following configuration to your librechat.yml:
LibreChat currently streams internal thinking from the legacy reasoning_content field. The addParams block above enables NanoGPT’s compatibility shim so LibreChat can render thoughts without additional changes. If you would rather not send the compatibility flag, you can instead point LibreChat at https://nano-gpt.com/api/v1legacy/ which keeps the legacy response shape by default.
  1. Set your API key in your environment variables:
That’s it! Restart LibreChat, and you’ll have access to all NanoGPT models through the interface.

Available Models

You can access all our models through this integration, including:
  • GPT-5.2
  • Claude Opus 4.5
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview
  • Perplexity
  • And many more!
For a complete list of available models and their pricing, visit our pricing page.