Four Free Repos That Upgrade Claude, and What Each One Fixes
What each one fixes, the exact install command, and the honest catches. Every tool here is free and open source.
1. Claude Code Router
Musistudio / Claude-code-router . 35.9k Stars . Mit
Routes each request to the model that should actually handle it. The easy work goes to a cheaper model, the hard work still goes to the expensive one, and you do not change how you work. This is the one that shows up on your bill first.
npm install -g @musistudio/claude-code-router ccr ui
The management UI opens at http://127.0.0.1:3458 and the gateway runs at http://127.0.0.1:3456. You configure your providers and routing rules in the UI, so there is no config file to hand write on day one.
Needs Node.js 22 or newer.
A prebuilt desktop app is available on the releases page if you would rather not touch the terminal.
Full docs live at ccrdesk.top.
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