Connect → LibreChat

Use AxForge with LibreChat

LibreChat is an open-source chat app you host yourself. AxForge goes in as a custom endpoint in its librechat.yaml, and our models show in its menu under AxForge.

Set it up

1. Add AxForge in librechat.yaml

   In LibreChat's folder, create librechat.yaml:

   version: 1.3.13
   cache: true
   
   endpoints:
     custom:
       - name: 'AxForge'
         apiKey: '${AXFORGE_API_KEY}'
         baseURL: 'https://api.axforge.ai/v1'
         models:
           default:
             - 'qwen3.8-27b'
             - 'glm-5.3-flash'
             - 'mimo-v2.6-flash'
           fetch: false
         titleConvo: true
         titleModel: 'mimo-v2.6-flash'
         modelDisplayLabel: 'AxForge'

   fetch: false keeps the menu to these three chat models. titleModel names each new chat with the fastest one.

2. Put your key in .env

   Add one line to LibreChat's .env; ${AXFORGE_API_KEY} above reads it from there:

   AXFORGE_API_KEY=orx_live_your_key_here

3. Let Docker see the file, and restart

   LibreChat's Docker setup reads librechat.yaml through an override file next to its docker-compose.yml:

   services:
     api:
       volumes:
         - type: bind
           source: ./librechat.yaml
           target: /app/librechat.yaml

   docker compose down
   docker compose up -d

4. Pick the model

   Open LibreChat (sign up: the first account is a local one), open the model menu at the top, choose AxForge and then qwen3.8-27b.

   

5. Ask something

   

The settings

Which model for what: qwen3.8-27b is the everyday default and reads images, glm-5.3-flash thinks before it answers, mimo-v2.6-flash is the fastest.

Check that it works

AxForge is in the model menu with our three models, and a question gets an answer. The calls show in the console under API Keys → Recent calls within a minute.

When it does not work

Not sure which it is? The connection doctor makes seven small checks on your key and names the fix: irm https://dev.axforge.ai/assets/axforge-doctor.ps1 | iex in PowerShell, curl -fsSL https://dev.axforge.ai/assets/axforge-doctor.sh | bash on macOS and Linux.

Test a call says in one click whether a problem is your key, your balance or us.