Space Bunny (M3.1 Flash stealth) topped OpenCode and OpenRouter usage while free
A user recalls that free Space Bunny was the most-used model on OpenCode and OpenRouter, with speed near DeepSeek, and hopes the official release keeps the price and ships open weights.
Space Bunny is officially MiniMax 3.1, and it's expected to be even better than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017! When it was available for free, it became the most used model on OpenCode and OpenRouter, so there's a good chance we could see both MiniMax 3.1 Flash and MiniMax 3.1 released today, available through the API and MiniMax subscriptions. I remember testing Space Bunny when it first appeared and the speed was incredible, almost on the same level as DeepSeek, so I'm really hoping we get that same performance at a similarly competitive price, but with even better intelligence. There's also a possibility that MiniMax will release the open weights alongside the models, which would make this launch even more interesting, At this point, October could really turn into the month of open weight AI models, especially with how much progress Chinese labs have been making lately. The gap between the best American and Chinese models keeps getting smaller, and if MiniMax manages to deliver DeepSeek level speed with even better performance at a similar price, we're going to have some really interesting competition!