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24 alternatives to Claude Code Proxy

Turn any OpenAI-compatible API into a Claude Code backend

Claude Code Proxy is an open-source tool that enables Claude Code functionality with any OpenAI-compatible API, including OpenAI, Gemini, and DeepSeek models. Designed for developers, it provides a proxy layer that… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    1Code▲569

    Just to clarify the background a bit. This project wasn’t planned as a big standalone release at first. On January 16, Ollama added support for an Anthropic-compatible API, and I was curious how far this could be pushed in practice. I decided to try plugging local Ollama models directly into a Claude Code-style workflow and see if it would actually work end to end. Here is the release note from Ollama that made this possible: https://ollama.com/blog/claude Technically, what I do is pretty straightforward: - Detect which local models are available in Ollama. - When…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Claude Opus 4.7 is Anthropic's most capable generally available model, released April 16, 2026. It outperforms Opus 4.6, GPT-5.4, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on key benchmarks including agentic coding, multidisciplinary reasoning, scaled tool use, and agentic computer use. It is benchmarked below Claude Mythos Preview — which remains restricted to Project Glasswing partners. https://vucense.com/ai-intelligence/ai-tools/claude-opus-4-7...

    2025 · anthropic.com · its alternatives →

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    Paste in my prompt to Claude Code with an embedded API key for accessing my public readonly SQL+vector database, and you have a state-of-the-art research tool over Hacker News, arXiv, LessWrong, and dozens of other high-quality public commons sites. Claude whips up the monster SQL queries that safely run on my machine, to answer your most nuanced questions. There's also an Alerts functionality, where you can just ask Claude to submit a SQL query as an alert, and you'll be emailed when the ultra nuanced criteria is met (and the output changes). Like I want to know when somebody posts about…

    Dec 2025 · exopriors.com · its alternatives →

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    Let Claude use your computer from the CLI

    Mar 2026 · code.claude.com · its alternatives →

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    Put Claude Code tasks on autopilot with smart routines

    Apr 2026 · anthropic.com · its alternatives →

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    Run parallel coding agents from one desktop workspace

    Apr 2026 · claude.com · its alternatives →

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    AI powered cli coding agent that monitors your dev/test server and fixes errors and adds features - vysakh0/dravid

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Give Claude Code missions to spawn a team of agents

    Jul 2026 · medley.sh · its alternatives →

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    A pre-execution guard for AI coding agents. It blocks destructive Git and file system commands, plus common attempts to access sensitive files, before a tool call runs. Supports Amp Code, Antigravity CLI, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Grok Build, Hermes Agent, Kimi Code

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source AI coding platform with Web IDE and multi-agent

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Claude 2▲248

    It was quite interesting to vibe code this artifact. I learned some basic ideas about commitment scheme and hash cryptography in the half and hour spent on this. One of the few times vibe coding left me feeling enriched rather than drained. What do you think?

    2023 · claude.ai · its alternatives →

  13. 13GC

    As I started to use Claude Code to do more random tasks I realized I could basically build any CLI tool and it would use it. So I built one that controls the browser and open-sourced it. It should work with Codex or any other CLI-based agent! I have a long term idea where the models are all local and then the tool is privacy preserving because it's easy to remove PII from text, but I'd definitely not recommend using this for anything important just yet. You'll need a Gemini key until I (or someone else) figure out how to distill a local version out of that part of the pipeline. Github link:…

    2025 · cli-agents.click · its alternatives →

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    HTTP API for Claude Code, Goose, Aider, Gemini, Amp, and Codex - coder/agentapi

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A new Emacs mode for AI-assisted coding (Claude Code style), with native Emacs buffers instead of a flickering terminal. Built on top of pi, a no-bs open source Claude Code alternative. It supports Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama. I've been using it daily for weeks. Demo video that says more than $NUMBER words: https://danielnouri.org/media/pi-coding-agent-demo.mp4 The key decision here is that we have two separate windows: chat history is a markdown-mode buffer, with beautiful rendering, unlimted scrollback, selective tool expansion where it matters, etc. The input window…

    May 2026 · pi.dev · its alternatives →

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    LunaRoute▲106

    LunaRoute is a high-performance local proxy for AI coding assistants like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, and OpenCode. Get complete visibility into every LLM interaction with zero-overhead passthrough, comprehensive session recording, and powerful debugging capabilities. - See Everything Your AI Does - get full logs (JSONL), summary of sessions including tokens used (input/output) as well as tools usage and success rates. - Privacy & Compliance Built-In - redact or tokenize any sensitive information (regex based). - Speaks OpenAI and Anthropic dialects so you can route (and translate)…

    Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sipcode▲148

    Keep Claude Code's context clean for sharper answers

    Jun 2026 · anuj7411.github.io · its alternatives →

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    noirdoc▲96

    PII guard for Claude Code to keep client data out of context

    Apr 2026 · noirdoc.de · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I built Retain as the evolution of claude-reflect (github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect). The original problem: I use Claude Code/Codex daily for coding, plus claude.ai and ChatGPT occasionally. Every conversation contains decisions, corrections, and patterns I forget existed weeks later. I kept re-explaining the same preferences. claude-reflect was a CLI tool that extracted learnings from Claude Code sessions. Retain takes this further with a native macOS app that: - Aggregates conversations from Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Codex CLI - Instant full-text…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Today I'm releasing Cloud Code: A way to prompt claude code from the cloud. It lets you select a repo, a template of messages (or you can create your own) and you can then create your queries which runs through claude code synchronously to complete your task. Our system is set up for long running tasks and is so new that it doesn't even support streaming yet, we just send the final message at the end of the run. To test its effectiveness, I used it to create the mobile view for the cloudcoding site itself which works really well, meaning you can use it through your phone!

    2025 · cloudcoding.ai · its alternatives →

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    CCProxy▲13

    Keep Claude Code's magic, slash costs by 90%

    2025 · ccproxy.orchestre.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone, I've been working on a CLI tool that can help to easily run any model in claude, Codex, Gemini, Pi, and OpenCode. It's also an API keys manager, supports multiple providers or OpenAI/Claude/Gemini accounts. You can add openrouter, poe, Vercel AI gateways etc. It has a built-in provider that is free to all, which is using Deepseek-V4, no login or API key required, add your own when you're ready. After installation you can try claude instantly (No config, no login): aivo claude Hope it's useful to someone.

    Apr 2026 · getaivo.dev · its alternatives →

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    Run Claude Code CLI with ANY AI model, 100% unrestricted

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24CB

    Clink lets you use the coding agents you already pay for (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Z.ai GLM) to build → live-preview → ship apps in an isolated container. No token purchases, no extra cost for coding. Just link your existing Claude/OpenAI/Gemini account and start building and deploying instantly. Why we built this: Claude Code is our go-to for coding, but it lacked preview + deploy capabilities. We didn't want to pay Lovable again just for that. Different agents excel at different tasks - Claude Code for versatility, Codex for complex work, GLM for speed. We needed one…

    2025 · clink.new · its alternatives →

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