CLIProxyAPI
Ranked 5 of 8 LLM gateways by recommenders
A free proxy that lets people use their existing AI subscriptions through other tools such as OpenCode, OpenWebUI and Claude Code, instead of paying for separate API keys.
A free proxy that lets people use their existing AI subscriptions through other tools such as OpenCode, OpenWebUI and Claude Code, instead of paying for separate API keys.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Use subscriptions in other tools
“You can also use your other subscriptions in OpenCode with CLIProxyAPI”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “GLM-5.3 Artificial Analysis Benchmarks” “try to use OpenWebUI + CLIProxyAPI when I can for all my chats”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive” “I use Codex models in CC and it's the best of both worlds!”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file” Works with Claude Code
“I use Codex models in CC and it's the best of both worlds!”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file” “this actually does work with Claude Code”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “CLIProxyAPIPlus – use antigravity, Gemini CLI, & more with Claude Code / etc.”
Other LLM gateways people recommend
The four most recommended other LLM gateways, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiteLLM | 72 | 94 | 43% | 12 | — | — |
| Bifrost by Maxim | 17 | 6 | 74% | 10 | — | Approved |
| GoModel | 13 | 2 | 87% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Claude Code Router | 11 | 3 | 79% | 5 | — | Approved |
| CLIProxyAPIThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“try to use OpenWebUI + CLIProxyAPI when I can for all my chats”
“You can also use your other subscriptions in OpenCode with CLIProxyAPI”
“much easier to work with so much API keys”
“The OG version is indispensable already and has XAI Oauth support”
“You may also enjoy CLIProxyAPI, which does the same thing”
“the VC money distortion field spawning truly comical Rube Goldberg machines”
“this actually does work with Claude Code”
“I use Codex models in CC and it's the best of both worlds!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.