GitHub - Alishahryar1/free-claude-code: Use claude-code for free in the terminal, VSCode extension or via discord like openclaw
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- #multi-provider integration
- #Claude Code proxy
- #free LLM routing
- Free Claude Code is a lightweight proxy that routes Claude Code's Anthropic API calls to multiple providers, including NVIDIA NIM (free 40 requests/minute), OpenRouter, DeepSeek, LM Studio, and llama.cpp, acting as a drop-in replacement with minimal setup.
- It supports per-model mapping, allowing specific Claude models (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) to be routed to different providers and models, and includes features like thinking token support, heuristic tool parsing, request optimization to intercept trivial API calls, and smart rate limiting.
- Setup involves obtaining API keys for desired providers, configuring environment variables in a .env file, and starting the proxy server; the Claude Code CLI or VSCode extension can then be pointed to the proxy with two environment variables.
- Additional features include a Discord/Telegram bot for remote autonomous coding with session persistence and voice note support, extensible architecture for adding new providers or messaging platforms, and optional authentication to restrict proxy access.
- The proxy translates requests from Anthropic format to OpenAI-compatible formats, optimizes performance by locally handling trivial requests, and supports various local and cloud-based LLM providers, with configuration options for rate limiting, concurrency, and voice transcription.