Claude Code Router

Health v2 · maintenance only

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37369 stars · 3141 forks observed · 2026-09-22

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-28, confidence 0.97

Claude Code Router is a local control plane that routes requests from AI agents to multiple LLM providers and can fuse capabilities like vision or search. It runs as a desktop app, CLI tool, or Docker service and offers logging, observability, and fail‑over features.

Use cases

• Route Claude Code or other coding agents to the best LLM provider based on custom rules
• Combine text models with vision, search, or custom tools to create a new AI capability
• Fail‑over between multiple API keys or providers when a request fails
• Expose a local AI gateway that can be accessed from Slack, Discord, or other IM platforms
• Monitor token usage, latency, and cost for every model request in a single dashboard

When to choose

• You need a self‑hosted gateway to control and audit LLM usage across multiple providers
• You want to experiment with model fusion or custom routing logic without writing code
• You run AI agents locally and require a simple CLI or desktop UI for configuration
• You need detailed logs and observability for compliance or cost tracking

When to avoid

• You only use a single provider and do not need routing or fusion features
• You require a cloud‑native, fully managed service with zero maintenance overhead
• Your environment cannot run Node.js or Docker (e.g., restricted embedded systems)
• You need real‑time low‑latency inference that cannot tolerate an additional gateway layer

Facets

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api-gateway routing llm-inference cli large-language-models windows cli local-llm-gateway model-fusion toolhub agentclaw multi-provider tool-integration ai-agents retrieval-augmented-generation devops linux macos docker nodejs desktop

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