Claude Code Router

A local model gateway for coding agents: point Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and others at one endpoint, then route and observe requests across providers.

37.9k stars, 3.2k forks TypeScript On GitHub since February 2025

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What is Claude Code Router?

Claude Code Router gives coding agents one stable local endpoint, while you decide behind it which provider and model handles each request. It supports Claude Code, Claude Design, Codex, Grok CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo Code, OpenCode and other compatible clients, and lets you set routing rules, fallbacks when a provider fails, accounts and tools from one app. Every request can be observed, so you see which model answered and what it cost.

Good fit if

  • You want Claude Code's interface with other models, or a mix of models per task.
  • You need automatic failover when one provider is down or rate-limited.

Look elsewhere if

  • You just want to switch providers by hand and manage MCP settings: CC Switch.
  • You need a gateway for a whole company with budgets and keys: LiteLLM.

Before you adopt it

Claude Code Router is MIT-licensed and free. Roughly 70% of its commits come from the creator. Check each provider's terms before routing an agent's traffic through accounts it was not built for.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Claude Code Router health: is it still maintained?

82 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    225 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 10 October 2026.
    28 / 30
  • Contributors
    22 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 70% of them.
    18 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v3.1.3, on 9 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 29% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 31 hours.
    12 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Claude Code Router license: is it open source?

Claude Code Router uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. February 2025First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run Claude Code Router yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 1 service
Setup effort
1 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for macOS, Linux, Windows, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: ccrdesk.top or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Claude Code Router

Is Claude Code Router open source?

Yes. Claude Code Router is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Claude Code Router still maintained?

Its health score is 82 of 100 (actively developed). It had 225 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 10 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 9 October 2026.

How do I run Claude Code Router?

You can run it with Docker, as an app for macOS, Linux, Windows, including ARM. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Claude Code Router?

Close alternatives in the AI coding agents category include Open Interpreter, PR-Agent, Goose.