decolua/9router

# 9Router - FREE AI Router & Token Saver Never stop coding. Save 20-40% tokens with RTK + auto-fallback to FREE & cheap AI models. Connect All AI Code Tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, Copilot, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, Cline, OpenClaw...) to 40+ AI Providers & 100+ Models.

🚀 Quick Start • 💡 Features • 📖 Setup • 🌐 Website

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🤔 Why 9Router?

Stop wasting money, tokens and hitting limits:

• ❌ Subscription quota expires unused every month
• ❌ Rate limits stop you mid-coding
• ❌ Tool outputs (git diff, grep, ls...) burn tokens fast
• ❌ Expensive APIs ($20-50/month per provider)
• ❌ Manual switching between providers

• ✅ RTK Token Saver - Auto-compress tool_result content, save 20-40% tokens per request
• ✅ Maximize subscriptions - Track quota, use every bit before reset
• ✅ Auto fallback - Subscription → Cheap → Free, zero downtime
• ✅ Multi-account - Round-robin between accounts per provider
• ✅ Universal - Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline, any CLI tool

🔄 How It Works

┌─────────────┐
│  Your CLI   │  (Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Cursor, Cline...)
│   Tool      │
└──────┬──────┘
       │ http://localhost:20128/v1
       ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│           9Router (Smart Router)            │
│  • RTK Token Saver (cut tool_result tokens) │
│  • Format translation (OpenAI ↔ Claude)     │
│  • Quota tracking                           │
│  • Auto token refresh                       │
└──────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
       │
       ├─→ [Tier 1: SUBSCRIPTION] Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot
       │   ↓ quota exhausted
       ├─→ [Tier 2: CHEAP] GLM ($0.6/1M), MiniMax ($0.2/1M)
       │   ↓ budget limit
       └─→ [Tier 3: FREE] Kiro, OpenCode Free, Vertex ($300 credits)
Result: Never stop coding, minimal cost + 20-40% token savings via RTK

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⚡ Quick Start

1. Install globally:

npm install -g 9router
9router

🎉 Dashboard opens at http://localhost:20128

2. Connect a FREE provider (no signup needed):

Dashboard → Providers → Connect Kiro AI (~50 credits/month free: Claude 4.5 + GLM-5 + MiniMax) or OpenCode Free (no auth) → Done!

3. Use in your CLI tool:

Claude Code/Codex/OpenClaw/Cursor/Cline Settings:
  Endpoint: http://localhost:20128/v1
  API Key: [copy from dashboard]
  Model: kr/claude-sonnet-4.5

That's it! Start coding with FREE AI models.

Alternative: run from source (this repository):

This repository package is private (9router-app), so source/Docker execution is the expected local development path.

cp .env.example .env
npm install
PORT=20128 NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:20128 npm run dev

Production mode:

# Create Temporary Memory For Build
sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile_temp
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile_temp
sudo mkswap /swapfile_temp
sudo swapon /swapfile_temp
export MAKEFLAGS="-j1"
export DLIB_NO_GUI_SUPPORT=1
export CFLAGS="-mno-avx"
npm run build
Clear temporary swap
sudo swapoff /swapfile_temp
sudo rm /swapfile_temp
PORT=20128 HOSTNAME=0.0.0.0 NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:20128 npm run start

Default URLs:

• Dashboard: http://localhost:20128/dashboard
• OpenAI-compatible API: http://localhost:20128/v1

Video Guides

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🇺🇸 English Claude CLI Free Setup with 9Router 🚀 by CodeVerse Soban	🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt Cài Đặt OpenClaw Free Từ A-Z + 9Router by Mai Gia	🇺🇸 English FREE OpenClaw + Claude Opus 4.6 by Build AI With Hamid	🇮🇩 Indonesia Koding 24 Jam Anti Rate Limit! Hemat Token AI 65% | Tutorial Quick Setup 9Router 🚀 by Krisswuh	🇮🇩 Indonesia Cara Deploy 9Router di Hugging Face GRATIS Non-Stop! | Alternatif VPS RAM 16GB by Krisswuh
🇮🇷 Persian-فارسی این شکلی از هر API ای استفاده کن برای هوش مصنوعی by Matin SenPai	🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt Hướng Dẫn Setup OpenClaw + 9Router: Tạo Bot Zalo AI Tự Động Từ A-Z by tuanminhhole	🇮🇩 Indonesia Bye Limit! Cara Bikin Sistem "AI Unlimited" 100% Gratis Dengan 9Router! by neptiver

🎬 Made a video about 9Router? Submit a Pull Request adding your video to this section — we'll merge it!

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🛠️ Supported CLI Tools

9Router works seamlessly with all major AI coding tools:

Claude-Code	OpenClaw	Codex	OpenCode	Cursor	Antigravity
Cline	Continue	Droid	Roo	Copilot	Kilo Code
OpenDesign	jcode	Grok Build	Devin CLI	DeepSeek TUI	Qwen Code

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🌐 Supported Providers

🔐 OAuth Providers

Claude-Code

Antigravity

Codex

GitHub

Cursor

Kimchi

🆓 Free Providers

Kiro AI Claude 4.5 + GLM-5 + MiniMax 50 credits/month free

OpenCode Free No auth • Auto-fetch models Free (model list varies)

Vertex AI Gemini 3 Pro + GLM-5 + DeepSeek $300 credits free

Note: iFlow, Qwen Code and Gemini CLI free tiers were discontinued in 2026. Use Kiro / OpenCode Free / Vertex instead.

> Kiro AI moved to a paid model in Sep 2025 — the free tier is now capped at 50 credits/month (plus 500 trial credits for new accounts in the first 30 days). Paid tiers: Pro $20/mo (1,000 credits), Pro+ $40/mo (2,000), Pro Max $100/mo (5,000), Power $200/mo (10,000).

OpenCode Free model list fluctuates over time (some models free only for limited promos) — subject to change without notice.

Vertex AI: the $300 free credit for new GCP accounts is still valid, but since Mar 2026 the Gemini API endpoint no longer consumes these credits — call the Vertex AI Studio endpoint instead.

🔑 API Key Providers (40+)

OpenRouter	GLM	Kimi	MiniMax	OpenAI	Anthropic
Gemini	DeepSeek	Groq	xAI	Mistral	Perplexity
Together AI	Fireworks	Cerebras	Cohere	NVIDIA	SiliconFlow

...and 20+ more providers including Nebius, Chutes, Hyperbolic, and custom OpenAI/Anthropic compatible endpoints

🏠 Self-hosted Providers

For speech and embeddings served from your own machine — whisper.cpp, faster-whisper, Speaches, Kokoro-FastAPI, openedai-speech, llama.cpp/llama-server, vLLM, Infinity, text-embeddings-inference, or anything else that speaks the OpenAI shape.

| Provider | Endpoint used | Typical server | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted STT | /v1/audio/transcriptions | whisper.cpp, faster-whisper | | Self-hosted TTS | /v1/audio/speech | Kokoro-FastAPI, openedai-speech | | Self-hosted Embedding | /v1/embeddings | llama-server, vLLM, Infinity |

Every other speech provider is a named cloud service with a fixed endpoint. These three read their address from each connection, so one provider can front several machines and load-balance across them like any other.

Set it on the connection as providerSpecificData.baseUrl:

| Provider | Give it | Result | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted STT | the full URL — http://host:8080/v1/audio/transcriptions | used as-is | | Self-hosted TTS | the server root — http://host:8880 | + /v1/audio/speech | | Self-hosted Embedding | the OpenAI base, /v1 included — http://host:8080/v1 | + /embeddings |

Mind the /v1 on embeddings. The adapter appends /embeddings, so

http://host:8080 resolves to http://host:8080/embeddings and misses the

OpenAI route — llama-server answers 501. Give it the same base URL an OpenAI

client would use. A full .../v1/embeddings is also accepted, so a value pasted

from a curl example works too.

The API key is not checked by most local servers, but the field must be non-empty: it is what gives the connection a credentials record, and baseUrl lives there. Any placeholder works.

Self-hosted Embedding has no cloud fallback by design — a connection saved without a baseUrl is reported as a configuration error rather than quietly falling back to api.openai.com, which would send your input text and API key to a third party under a provider named "Self-hosted".

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💡 Key Features

| Feature | What It Does | Why It Matters | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | 🚀 RTK Token Saver (RTK ⭐40K) | Compress tool outputs (git diff, grep, ls, tree...) before sending to LLM | Save 20-40% input tokens per request | | 🧠 Headroom Token Saver (Headroom) | Optional external /v1/compress proxy before provider routing | Save more context tokens without changing clients | | 🪨 Caveman Mode (Caveman ⭐52K) | Inject caveman-speak prompt → LLM replies terse, technical substance preserved | Save up to 65% output tokens | | 🐴 Ponytail (Ponytail) | Inject "lazy senior dev" prompt → LLM writes minimal, YAGNI-first code (Lite/Full/Ultra) | Fewer output tokens, less refactoring | | 🎯 Smart 3-Tier Fallback | Auto-route: Subscription → Cheap → Free | Never stop coding, zero downtime | | 📊 Real-Time Quota Tracking | Live token count + reset countdown | Maximize subscription value | | 🔄 Format Translation | OpenAI ↔ Claude ↔ Gemini ↔ Cursor ↔ Kiro ↔ Vertex | Works with any CLI tool | | 👥 Multi-Account Support | Multiple accounts per provider | Load balancing + redundancy | | 🔄 Auto Token Refresh | OAuth tokens refresh automatically | No manual re-login needed | | 🎨 Custom Combos