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Free Claude Code Stack

Run real Claude Code for $0. Eleven companies hand out free API tokens. Stack them behind one router, point Claude Code at it, and stop paying $200 a month to find out if the agent is worth it.

operator summary

Who this is for

Best for indie devs, technical founders, and small teams who tried Claude Code, hit the price wall or the API bill, and gave up before feeling what it can do.

where consultance.ai fits

We would wire the full stack for your team: shared FreeLLMAPI behind SSO, the Gemini-first fallback order, a paid safety net for tough tasks, a code-privacy guard so sensitive prompts never hit free providers, and the validator skill that flags when a free provider silently degrades.

🔥 optional · live interactive tool

Open the API Spend Slayer Calculator

Browser-based. No signup. Drop in your numbers and see the trade in real time. Opens in a new tab so the prompts stay where you left them.

install path

Setup steps

01

Clone FreeLLMAPI, run npm install, write the .env encryption key, and start it with npm run dev (key stacker on :3001, dashboard on :5173).

02

Get a free Google AI Studio key (Gemini 2.5 Flash, the only free model with the context to carry Claude Code's prompt) and paste it in the dashboard Keys page. Add free Groq and Cerebras keys as fast backups.

03

Install claude-code-router (npm i -g @musistudio/claude-code-router) and drop in the config.json from the bundle, pasting your unified key.

04

Run ccr code to launch Claude Code on the free stack. Or use OpenCode pointed straight at :3001 with no bridge.

05

Keep one paid Claude API key as a manual fallback for the hard 5% of tasks. Everything else runs free.

where it breaks

Before you connect live data

  • • Run dummy data first. Real client data is not a test bed.
  • • API keys never go in a public repo. Use env vars and a secrets manager.
  • • Add logging, access control, monitoring, and a rollback path before launch.
  • • Read the license. Forking a repo without checking is how lawsuits start.
license note

Credit the original author

FreeLLMAPI and claude-code-router are open source. Each of the eleven free providers has its own terms, training rights, and rate limits. Never route customer PII, PHI, or NDA code through free providers without a DPA.

We list this as a guide, not as our build, unless we are actively maintaining a fork.

Easy mode · paste this into Claude

Claude installs it for you, step by step.

Never used Claude before? It is free to start. Open it in a new tab, copy the prompt, paste it in. It asks one question, then walks you through everything.

  1. Step 1
    Open claude.ai ↗

    Sign up free. No card. Takes 30 seconds.

  2. Step 2

    One click. Lands on your clipboard.

  3. Step 3
    Paste + send

    Claude asks what you need + guides you the rest of the way.

Open claude.ai ↗
Tune the prompt for your level (optional)
Preview the prompt (you do not need to read it)
Install Free Claude Code Stack on my computer. Walk me through it.

Repo: https://github.com/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi
What it does: Run real Claude Code for $0. Eleven companies hand out free API tokens. Stack them behind one router, point Claude Code at it, and stop paying $200 a month to find out if the agent is worth it.

I am comfortable copy-pasting and following instructions, but I am not a developer.

Rules:
- Plain English. Define jargon the first time it appears (repo, env var, port, dependency).
- One step at a time. Exact command in a code block. Tell me which app to paste it into (Terminal on Mac, PowerShell on Windows).
- One sentence per command explaining what it does and what success looks like.
- After each command, wait. I will tell you the output before you move on.
- If a tool is missing (git, node, docker, python), give me the one-line install for my OS first.
- If something errors, diagnose before the next step. Do not skip.

First message: ask only "What is your operating system — macOS, Windows, or Linux?" Then start step 1.

Reference steps from the public guide (adapt to my OS, do not just paste them at me):
1. Clone FreeLLMAPI, run npm install, write the .env encryption key, and start it with npm run dev (key stacker on :3001, dashboard on :5173).
2. Get a free Google AI Studio key (Gemini 2.5 Flash, the only free model with the context to carry Claude Code's prompt) and paste it in the dashboard Keys page. Add free Groq and Cerebras keys as fast backups.
3. Install claude-code-router (npm i -g @musistudio/claude-code-router) and drop in the config.json from the bundle, pasting your unified key.
4. Run ccr code to launch Claude Code on the free stack. Or use OpenCode pointed straight at :3001 with no bridge.
5. Keep one paid Claude API key as a manual fallback for the hard 5% of tasks. Everything else runs free.

Stop when the app opens and I confirm it works.
implementation path

Want it wired into your business instead of your laptop?

A repo on your machine is a starting point. The work that pays back is connecting it to the CRM, inbox, payments, and team processes you already run. That is the part we ship.