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Claude Code on Open Models — proxy routing to OpenRouter or Kimi K2.6

tenfoldmarc · in AI Saves, Vol. 7
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100k ft — What is this?

Claude Code on Open Models — proxy routing to OpenRouter or Kimi K2.6
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50k ft — Why care?

Pitches an unnamed GitHub tool, around 25k stars, that sits in front of Claude Code and routes its requests to open-source models via OpenRouter or a Kimi API key, with model switching through /model. The video never names the repo, and the 'Claude free forever' line means Claude Code's interface running on other models, not Claude itself.
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10k ft — Key takeaways

• Claude Code can be pointed at other models through an Anthropic-compatible proxy. • Expect quality differences; '90% of the performance' is the creator's claim. • link: https://openrouter.ai

5k ft — Tools & techniques

Claude, Claude Code, OpenRouter API proxy, model routing

1k ft — Deep-dive / try it

You can now run Claude free forever. Comment "model" and I'll send you the free guide. Otherwise make sure to follow @tenfoldmarc for more videos like this. toto_x_bobo   3w Model
Transcript excerpt
If you're tired of paying for Claude, you can now run Claude code free forever. Someone just released a tool that tricks Claude into thinking that it's talking to Claude when instead it uses the best open source models instead. That means that you get 90% of the performance for next to zero dollars and it's already got 25,000 stars on GitHub. And the coolest thing is it takes you five seconds to set up. So let me show you how, but make sure to follow for more videos like this. Your first step is to go to this URL. You wanna follow the six steps are right here. Takes you literally 30 seconds to do. Then you wanna get an API key from openrouter.ai or if you just wanna run KimiK 2.6, you can also get an API key there. Once you have your API keys, enter them in the admin UI, then launch Claude using this and you can now pick your model by typing forward slash model. If this is a little confusing and you want the full guide, just comment model and I'll send it to you. Otherwise, make sure to follow for more videos like this.

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Collection: AI Saves, Vol. 7