Replit launches Free Mode powered by GPT-5.6 Luna, removing token costs for software creation

Replit expands access to software creation with GPT-5.6 Luna

Replit introduced Free Mode running on GPT-5.6 Luna, so users can plan, ideate, and explore projects without tracking token spend. CEO Amjad Masad credits recent OpenAI price cuts for making the free tier viable at millions-of-users scale. Complex reasoning tasks get routed to GPT-5.6 Sol, then return to Luna while preserving project context. Sam Altman frames it as a step toward anyone with internet building a product or startup. The post does not disclose Free Mode quotas, concurrency limits, or the exact launch date.

Why it matters: Replit's free tier running GPT-5.6 Luna is a concrete product update with a real mechanism (dual-model handoff) and a direct CEO quote on cost economics — enough signal for featured. But it's an OpenAI customer story, not a model release, so the score stays at 72.