Route Claude Code through Lynkr proxy → Kilo Gateway free models.

Zero Anthropic billing. Zero OpenRouter billing.

How it works

Claude Code / Cursor / Codex / Cline / Continue ← Your Prompt ↓ Lynkr (localhost:8081) ← intercepts Anthropic-format request ↓ Ollama | Bedrock | Databricks | OpenRouter | Azure | OpenAI | llama.cpp | Kilo Gateway ← routes to free model ↓ LLM response ← streamed back to Claude Code

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ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is just a dummy value — Lynkr ignores it and uses your Kilo key internally.

Prerequisites

Node.js 20+ → check with node --version , install from nodejs.org

Linux / macOS / WSL (Windows works via WSL)

Step 1 — Get a Kilo Gateway API Key (Free)

Go to app.kilo.ai and sign up (Google login works)

Navigate to API Keys in the dashboard

Click Generate API Key → copy it (a long JWT token)

Free models available on Kilo (no credit card needed):

Model ID Best for

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