magpie is an MIT-licensed open source app that runs a small gateway on your computer. Your coding agents talk to it, and you choose which model answers each one.
Here's how to set it up, the one command, how failover works, and what to watch out for.
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Unlocks: Step 1: install and add a provider · Step 2: point Claude Code at a model · Step 3: keep going when a quota runs out · The catches · Sources
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