free-claude-code vs OmniRoute
Provider-backed proxy that runs Claude Code, Codex or Pi on 25 cloud and local providers — fcc-* launchers, local Admin UI with validation, per-tier model routing, IDE/Discord/Telegram hookups. — versus — Free MIT AI gateway for coding CLIs: one endpoint over 352 providers (150+ free tiers) and 1,200+ models with quota-aware auto-fallback, RTK+Caveman token compression, MCP/A2A and a desktop app.
Both run Claude Code and Codex on other providers without changing the CLI. free-claude-code is a launcher-per-provider proxy over 25 backends; OmniRoute is one endpoint with hundreds and automatic fallback.
| free-claude-code | OmniRoute | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 53k | 62k |
| Forks | 8.5k | 8.6k |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last activity | 2 days ago | today |
| Topics | gateway | gateway, coding |
| Curated connections | 3 | 6 |
free-claude-code — the curator's take
40k stars because it nails onboarding: one installer, `fcc-server` + `fcc-claude`, paste an NVIDIA NIM key and Claude Code runs for free — the Admin UI validates providers, and the agents' NATIVE /model pickers see the whole FCC catalog. Tier routing is the power feature: send Opus traffic to Kimi, Sonnet to an OpenRouter free route, Haiku to a local LM Studio model. Local models (Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio) are first-class. NOT a quota-stacker — you pick a provider rather than multiplex free tiers with failover (that's freellmapi's job), and expect capability drift vs real Anthropic models on complex agentic work. Discord/Telegram remote sessions with voice-note transcription are a genuinely odd, genuinely useful extra.
OmniRoute — the curator's take
The maximalist gateway for people who refuse to pay per token: it catalogues 444 free-tier entries, computes an honest monthly budget (~1.47B tokens, re-audited fortnightly, regional-ID quotas shown separately), and schedules Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline or Copilot traffic across them with quota-aware fallback so a limit never stops you. 61k stars and 550 contributors are real. NOT for a production application: 352 providers means 352 terms of service and 352 latency profiles, and the value is breadth, not guarantees. For a small, predictable stack use a purpose-built gateway; use OmniRoute to keep coding when your subscription runs dry.