Using gpt-oss-20b on OpenRouter

Quick Start

1. 1
   Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
2. 2
   Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call openai/gpt-oss-20b — see the documentation for request format.
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   You'll be billed $0.03/1M input, $0.14/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

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About gpt-oss-20b

OpenAI open-weight model with 20 billion parameters. Lightweight, efficient text-only model with reasoning and function calling. Free for self-hosting. Released August 5, 2025.