OpenRouter adds Crouton Alpha, a free stealth model with a 1M-token context

OpenRouter announced a new stealth model, Crouton Alpha, which it describes as "a highly efficient reasoning model built to scale out the work your agents repeat all day". The maker is not named.

According to OpenRouter, the model is free to use, has a 1M-token context, accepts text, image, audio and video input, and does not train on user data. OpenCode said it is free in OpenCode for the next week, limited to certain regions.