diff --git a/chat/public/admin.js b/chat/public/admin.js
index 7e84ef2..9a453bf 100644
--- a/chat/public/admin.js
+++ b/chat/public/admin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (() => {
-  const DEFAULT_PROVIDERS = ['openrouter', 'mistral', 'google', 'groq', 'nvidia', 'opencode'];
-  const PLANNING_PROVIDERS = ['openrouter', 'mistral', 'google', 'groq', 'nvidia', 'ollama'];
+  const DEFAULT_PROVIDERS = ['openrouter', 'mistral', 'google', 'groq', 'nvidia', 'chutes', 'opencode'];
+  const PLANNING_PROVIDERS = ['openrouter', 'mistral', 'google', 'groq', 'nvidia', 'chutes', 'ollama'];
   const pageType = document?.body?.dataset?.page || 'build';
   console.log('Admin JS loaded, pageType:', pageType);
   const state = {
diff --git a/chat/server.js b/chat/server.js
index 916fbb7..1e39b86 100644
--- a/chat/server.js
+++ b/chat/server.js
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ const GROQ_API_KEY = process.env.GROQ_API_KEY || process.env.GROQ_API_TOKEN || '
 const GROQ_API_URL = process.env.GROQ_API_URL || 'https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions';
 const NVIDIA_API_KEY = process.env.NVIDIA_API_KEY || process.env.NVIDIA_API_TOKEN || '';
 const NVIDIA_API_URL = process.env.NVIDIA_API_URL || 'https://api.nvidia.com/v1';
+const CHUTES_API_KEY = process.env.CHUTES_API_KEY || process.env.CHUTES_API_TOKEN || '';
+const CHUTES_API_URL = process.env.CHUTES_API_URL || 'https://api.chutes.ai/v1';
 
 const PROVIDER_LIMITS_FILE = path.join(STATE_DIR, 'provider-limits.json');
 const PROVIDER_USAGE_FILE = path.join(STATE_DIR, 'provider-usage.json');
@@ -503,7 +505,7 @@ const PLAN_PRICES = {
 };
 const AUTO_MODEL_TOKEN = 'auto';
 const DEFAULT_PROVIDER_FALLBACK = 'opencode';
-const DEFAULT_PROVIDER_SEEDS = ['openrouter', 'mistral', 'google', 'groq', 'nvidia', DEFAULT_PROVIDER_FALLBACK];
+const DEFAULT_PROVIDER_SEEDS = ['openrouter', 'mistral', 'google', 'groq', 'nvidia', 'chutes', DEFAULT_PROVIDER_FALLBACK];
 const PROVIDER_PERSIST_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
 const TOKEN_ESTIMATION_BUFFER = 400;
 const BOOST_PACK_SIZE = 500_000;
@@ -13957,6 +13959,7 @@ async function handleAdminEnvConfig(req, res) {
     const openrouterKey = process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY || process.env.OPENROUTER_API_TOKEN || '';
 
     const payload = {
+    const chutesKey = process.env.CHUTES_API_KEY || process.env.CHUTES_API_TOKEN || '';
       GROQ: {
         configured: !!groqKey,
         prefix: groqKey ? `${groqKey.substring(0, 8)}...` : null,
@@ -13971,7 +13974,12 @@ async function handleAdminEnvConfig(req, res) {
         configured: !!openrouterKey,
         prefix: openrouterKey ? `${openrouterKey.substring(0, 8)}...` : null,
         source: openrouterKey ? (process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY ? 'OPENROUTER_API_KEY' : 'OPENROUTER_API_TOKEN') : null,
-      }
+      },
+      CHUTES: {
+        configured: !!chutesKey,
+        prefix: chutesKey ? `${chutesKey.substring(0, 8)}...` : null,
+        source: chutesKey ? (process.env.CHUTES_API_KEY ? 'CHUTES_API_KEY' : 'CHUTES_API_TOKEN') : null,
+      },
     };
 
     sendJson(res, 200, { ok: true, env: payload });