The best CLIProxyAPI alternatives
8 tools that do a similar job to CLIProxyAPI, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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CLIProxyAPIA local proxy server that exposes CLI and web AI accounts as OpenAI, Gemini, or Claude compatible APIs.
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One API
Open source · MIT · ★ 37.3k
Self-hosted gateway that exposes many LLM providers through one OpenAI-style API with key management.
Best for: Developers who want one OpenAI-compatible endpoint for several model providers; Small teams or groups who need to issue and limit API keys to members
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DeepWiki
Open source · MIT · ★ 18.3k
Generates interactive wiki-style docs for GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repos using AI.
Best for: Developers trying to understand a large or unfamiliar codebase; Students exploring how an open-source project is organized
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codex-chatgpt-web
Open source · MIT · ★ 15.4k
Lets Codex use your signed-in ChatGPT Web models (including Pro) as its model, without using Codex quota.
Best for: Developers who already pay for ChatGPT and want to use its web models inside Codex; People who want Codex's model picker to include ChatGPT Web models, including Pro versions where the account exposes them
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CC Switch
Open source · MIT · ★ 151k
Desktop app to switch API providers and manage MCP, Skills, and prompts for AI coding agents.
Best for: Developers who use several AI coding agents and switch between API providers often; People who find editing agent config files by hand error-prone
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Orca
Open source · MIT · ★ 113k
A desktop app for running several coding agents side by side, each in its own git worktree.
Best for: Developers who already use CLI coding agents and want to run several at once; People who want to compare outputs from different agents on the same prompt
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OmniRoute
Open source · MIT · ★ 83.8k
A free, MIT-licensed gateway that routes one API endpoint to many AI model providers.
Best for: Developers who use several AI coding tools and want one place to configure providers; People who want to connect their own free-tier provider accounts and spread requests across them
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magpie
Open source · MIT · ★ 28.2k
A local gateway that lets AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex use models from other providers.
Best for: People who use more than one AI coding agent and want one place to manage their models; Users with several provider accounts or API keys who want automatic fallback when a quota runs out
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Happy
Open source · MIT · ★ 24.4k
A multi-model coding agent app that runs Claude, Codex and Grok, with a phone companion, using your existing s
Best for: Developers who already pay for Claude, Codex or Grok subscriptions and want one interface for them; People who want to check on a running coding agent from their phone
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to CLIProxyAPI. We don't take payment for placement.