GLM-5 Proxy for Janitor AI and SillyTavern with MegaNova Setup Guide

GLM-5 is Zhipu AI's latest flagship model featuring 745B total parameters with 44B active parameters in a Mixture-of-Experts architecture. Trained entirely on Huawei Ascend chips, it represents a major milestone in China's AI independence and delivers frontier-level performance for coding, reasoning, and creative tasks.

If you need a model that excels at multi-step reasoning, agentic workflows, and long-context tasks, GLM-5 is an excellent choice with its 200K context window and native thinking capabilities.

This guide shows you how to connect GLM-5 to your applications using MegaNova AI Proxy, so you can start leveraging its capabilities in minutes.

What Makes GLM-5 Special?

GLM-5 introduces several breakthrough features:

• 745B total parameters, 44B active per inference (MoE architecture)
• 200K context window for long-form conversations
• Native agentic intelligence and multi-step reasoning
• Trained on Huawei Ascend chips (full hardware independence)
• MIT License expected for open-source release

Getting Your MegaNova API Key

First, you'll need a MegaNova API key to access GLM-5:

1. Go to MegaNova Console and create an account
2. Navigate to API Keys section
3. Generate a new API key
4. Copy your key (starts with sk-...)

Connecting GLM-5 via API

MegaNova provides an OpenAI-compatible API, making integration simple:

Connecting GLM-5 via API

MegaNova provides an OpenAI-compatible API, making integration simple:

curl https://api.meganova.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "zai-org/GLM-5",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Using with Janitor AI

To use GLM-5 with Janitor AI:

1. Go to Janitor AI Settings → API Configuration

2. Set Proxy URL to: https://api.meganova.ai/v1

3. Enter your MegaNova API key

4. Set Model to: zai-org/GLM-5

5. Save and test the connection

Using with SillyTavern

For SillyTavern users:

1. Open SillyTavern → API Connections

2. Select "Custom (OpenAI-compatible)"

3. Base URL: https://api.meganova.ai/v1

4. API Key: Your MegaNova key

5. Model: zai-org/GLM-5

GLM-5 vs Other Models

How does GLM-5 compare?

• vs Kimi K2.5: GLM-5 has larger context (200K), stronger reasoning, but Kimi excels at personality consistency
• vs DeepSeek V3: Both are Chinese flagships, GLM-5 focuses on agentic tasks while DeepSeek excels at coding
• vs GPT-4: GLM-5 offers competitive reasoning at potentially lower cost

Conclusion

GLM-5 represents a significant leap in Chinese AI development, offering competitive performance with full hardware independence. Whether you're building agents, doing complex reasoning tasks, or need reliable long-context conversations, GLM-5 via MegaNova gives you access to cutting-edge capabilities with simple API integration.

Ready to try GLM-5? Get started at MegaNova Console.

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