RepoRadar
Leave a Tip
Item detail

diegosouzapw/OmniRoute

OmniRoute is a free, MIT-licensed AI gateway that connects every AI coding tool (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline, Copilot, Antigravity) to 226 model providers through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with 50+ free tiers and 'RTK + Caveman' compression that claims 15-95% token savings. 6.4k stars, TypeScript / Node, Docker / standalone binary deployment.

Open source →Back to radar
Score7.7
Popularity72.0
Riskconditional
TierSilver
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty8.0
Momentum7.0
Maturity7.1
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential8.8
Setup ease8.8

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for developers and small teams who want a single endpoint fronting every model provider (free and paid), with auto-failover and aggressive token compression, without paying for a managed gateway.

Who should use it

individual developers and hobbyists who want to access 50+ free model tiers through one endpointsmall teams running Claude Code / Codex / Cursor who want auto-failover between providersdevelopers hitting rate limits on individual providers who want a fallback poolteams evaluating AI gateways against LiteLLM / Bifrost with a free-tier-first budgetanyone building tooling that needs an OpenAI-compatible endpoint fronting many providers

Who should skip it

Skip if the source link, docs, or setup requirements do not match your workflow.

Risk explanation

Free-tier providers change frequently — verify the providers you depend on are still active before committing to OmniRoute as your primary gateway; The '15-95% token savings' claim is workload-dependent — benchmark against your actual traffic before assuming the savings; API keys for every provider pass through the gateway — treat it as a credentialed service.

Evidence links

Closest alternatives / related signals

ai-gatewayfree-tierclaude-codecodexcursortoken-compressionopenai-compatiblemulti-provider