In this video, I'll be telling you about Free Claude Code, a project that lets you keep using the Claude Code workflow while routing requests through a local proxy to providers like NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and Ollama.
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Key Takeaways:
🚀 Free Claude Code acts as a lightweight proxy between Claude Code and alternative model providers.
💸 You can use free or local backends like NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, LM Studio, Ollama, and llama.cpp.
🔗 It works with Claude Code CLI, the VS Code extension, and even IntelliJ by changing environment variables.
🛠️ The project includes model mapping, request optimization, rate limiting, and support for thinking tokens and tool parsing.
🎙️ Discord and Telegram bot support makes it possible to run remote coding sessions and even use voice notes.
🔒 If you expose it beyond localhost, authentication and access control are important for security.
