A developer-built tool called claude-code-proxy lets creators and developers route Claude Code through Kimi Code or ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscriptions instead of paying Anthropic API rates. Versions 0.0.14 and 0.0.15 shipped today, May 30, 2026, fixing streaming reliability and model validation issues.
What Happened
Developer raine released two updates to claude-code-proxy in quick succession today. Version 0.0.14 addressed streaming stability for long-running tool calls, adding keepalive pings to prevent connection drops during extended Read operations, proper error messages for truncated Codex streams, and improved timeout handling for stalled upstream requests. Version 0.0.15 followed hours later, fixing a validation bug where Claude Code's /model endpoint rejected non-streaming requests routed through the proxy.
Why It Matters
Claude Code billing is per-token. Developers who run multiple sessions daily or work with large context windows can spend $50 to $200 per month on API costs alone. claude-code-proxy solves this by acting as a local Anthropic-compatible server that translates Claude Code requests to two free or subscription-based alternatives:
- Kimi Code via Moonshot AI's developer platform (Kimi's coding model)
- Codex via ChatGPT Plus or Pro accounts (GPT-4o and o3 access)
The proxy handles OAuth, token refresh, API format translation, and streaming so Claude Code behaves as usual on your end. Note that model quality and behavior will differ from native Claude models, so test on your actual workflows before switching providers.
Key Details
The tool runs locally on port 18765, supports both streaming and non-streaming requests, and forwards reasoning effort settings to upstream providers. Installation takes one command via Homebrew (brew install raine/claude-code-proxy/claude-code-proxy) or a curl install script. The project has 124 stars and 23 forks on GitHub since launching in April 2026. See the v0.0.15 release notes for the full changelog.
How to Try It
Install the binary, authenticate with your chosen provider (claude-code-proxy kimi auth login or claude-code-proxy codex auth login), start the proxy with claude-code-proxy serve, then set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:18765 in your terminal before launching Claude Code. The proxy is open source under the MIT license at github.com/raine/claude-code-proxy.
