CLIProxyAPI alternatives

Curated alternatives to CLIProxyAPI — and why you'd switch.

Self-hosted gateway pointing any AI coding CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline) at 40+ providers, with subscription→cheap→free auto-fallback and tool_result compression for 20-40% token savings.

Why switchTwo directions of the same arbitrage: 9router points coding CLIs at 40+ providers; CLIProxyAPI exposes your CLI subscriptions as an OpenAI/Claude/Gemini-compatible endpoint for any client.

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Lynkr

Self-hosted LLM gateway wrapping Claude Code, Cursor or Codex with zero code changes — strips unused tools, compresses JSON tool results ~88%, semantic-caches, tier-routes easy work to local models.

Why switchBoth self-hosted proxies between coding subscriptions and clients: lynkr optimizes (compression, caching, tier-routing); CLIProxyAPI multiplexes accounts and re-exposes them as standard APIs.

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