diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/byok.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/byok.rs
index 3d43fa71..4767c248 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/byok.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/byok.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const ENV_KEY_VARS: &[(&str, &[&str])] = &[
     ("huggingface", &["HF_TOKEN", "HUGGING_FACE_HUB_TOKEN", "HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY"]),
     ("jina", &["JINA_API_KEY"]),
     ("elevenlabs", &["ELEVENLABS_API_KEY", "ELEVEN_API_KEY", "XI_API_KEY"]),
+    ("empero", &["EMPERO_API_KEY"]),
 ];
 
 /// One env-imported key: which provider it maps to, the variable it came from,
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/modelchat.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/modelchat.rs
index 83f44cd1..9ba70b76 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/modelchat.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/modelchat.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ pub(super) fn provider_endpoint(provider: &str) -> Option<(ApiKind, &'static str
         "cerebras" => (ApiKind::OpenAi, "https://api.cerebras.ai/v1"),
         "perplexity" => (ApiKind::OpenAi, "https://api.perplexity.ai"),
         "openrouter" => (ApiKind::OpenAi, "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"),
+        "empero" => (ApiKind::OpenAi, "https://free.empero.org/v1"),
         _ => return None,
     })
 }
@@ -360,6 +361,7 @@ fn fallback_models(provider: &str) -> Vec<&'static str> {
         "openai" => vec!["gpt-4o", "gpt-4o-mini", "o3", "o4-mini"],
         "google" => vec!["gemini-3.1-pro-preview", "gemini-2.5-pro", "gemini-2.5-flash"],
         "cohere" => vec!["command-a-03-2025", "command-r-plus", "command-r"],
+        "empero" => vec!["glm-5.3-flash"],
         _ => vec![],
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/features/settings/lib/model-catalog.ts b/src/features/settings/lib/model-catalog.ts
index e90453bf..91568063 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/lib/model-catalog.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/lib/model-catalog.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const PREFERRED: Record<string, string[]> = {
   openrouter: ["anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6", "google/gemini-3.1-pro", "qwen/qwen3-coder"],
   perplexity: ["sonar-reasoning-pro", "sonar-pro"],
   cohere: ["command-a-03-2025"],
+  empero: ["glm-5.3-flash"],
 };
 
 const MAX_MODELS = 18;
diff --git a/src/features/settings/lib/providers.ts b/src/features/settings/lib/providers.ts
index 55b6368e..192d3160 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/lib/providers.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/lib/providers.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ export const PROVIDERS: ProviderDef[] = [
     placeholder: "pplx-...",
     chat: true,
   },
+  {
+    id: "empero",
+    name: "Empero",
+    env: "EMPERO_API_KEY",
+    category: "Inference",
+    docsUrl: "https://free.empero.org",
+    placeholder: "free",
+    chat: true,
+  },
 
   // ── Gateways / proxies ───────────────────────────────────────────
   {