Run Claude Code FREE with OpenRouter – No GPU Required!
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Run Claude Code completely FREE using OpenRouter — no GPU required,
works on any laptop or PC (Windows, Mac & Linux).
In this step-by-step Claude Code tutorial, I show you exactly how
to set up Claude Code with OpenRouter's free models so you can code
with AI at zero cost — no paid API key, no expensive hardware needed.
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settings.json:
{
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://openrouter.ai/api",
"ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "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",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL": "z-ai/glm-4.5-air:free",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "minimax/minimax-m2.5:free"
}
}
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✅ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
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- How to install Claude Code CLI on Windows, Mac & Linux
- How to connect Claude Code to OpenRouter free models
- How to run Claude Code with Ollama locally (offline, CPU only)
- The free settings.json configuration that makes it all work
- NVIDIA NIM method — get 40 free requests/min with a free API key
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🔗 LINKS MENTIONED
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▶ free-claude-code GitHub Repo → https://github.com/Alishahryar1/free-claude-code
▶ OpenRouter Free Models → https://openrouter.ai/models?q=free
▶ OpenRouter → https://openrouter.ai
▶ Ollama (run AI locally) → https://ollama.com
▶ NVIDIA NIM Free API (40 req/min) → https://build.nvidia.com
▶ Install uv → https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
▶ Claude Code Docs → https://docs.anthropic.com/claude-code
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🛠 COMPATIBLE WITH
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✔ Windows 10 / 11 (PowerShell)
✔ macOS (Terminal)
✔ Linux (Bash)
✔ CPU only — no GPU needed
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS
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0:00 – Introduction
(add your timestamps here)
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