Open Source Project Offers Free Claude Code Access Through 54 Providers with 1.3B Monthly Tokens

A GitHub project called free-claude-code has reached 55,900 stars by enabling developers to run Claude Code for free through 54 terms-of-service-friendly providers, offering over 1.3 billion free tokens per month—sidestepping the $200/month cost of Claude Max. The local proxy tool routes Claude Code and nine other coding agents (Codex, Pi, OpenCode, Cline, Hermes, DeepSeek Harness, Grok Build, Muse Code, and Aider) through free and low-cost provider tiers including NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, and local LM Studio instances, with automatic failover when providers experience outages.