Magpie
Free, open-source menu bar app and local gateway that lets any coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode and 60+ more) use any model provider or subscription, with failover when a quota runs out.
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About Magpie
Magpie is listed in our MCP & infra category and is aimed at builders. Free, open-source menu bar app and local gateway that lets any coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode and 60+ more) use any model provider or subscription, with failover when a quota runs out. Pricing, as the maker states it: Free and open source (MIT). Maturity: Active. We last checked the official link on 2026-10-19.
What is Magpie?
Magpie, from developer yetone, is a free, open-source app that lets every coding agent on your machine use any model. It runs one local gateway (127.0.0.1:3425) that speaks the OpenAI Chat, OpenAI Responses, Anthropic Messages and Gemini APIs and translates between them, including streaming, tool calls and reasoning, so Codex can run on DeepSeek or Claude Code on Kimi.
From a menu bar app, window, TUI, web UI or CLI you add providers once (API keys, local models via Ollama, or the Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini or Grok plans you are already signed in to) and pick a model per agent; Magpie edits only the relevant key in each agent's own config. Routing groups fail over to the next account or model when a quota runs out, and profiles switch every agent at once.
Sources: the official README and our directory listing, checked 2026-10-19. Official site: usemagpie.ai.
Who is Magpie for?
Developers who use more than one coding agent, provider or subscription and want to switch models per agent from one place, or keep working when a plan's quota runs out.
Magpie at a glance
- Open source: Yes (MIT License)
- GitHub: yetone/magpie · 16,852 stars · 1,216 forks (as of Oct 19, 2026)
Key features
- One local gateway for OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs, with translation between them
- Pick a model per agent for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Cursor CLI and 60+ more
- Reuse signed-in Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini or Grok plans across agents
- Routing groups that fail over when a quota runs out
- Menu bar app, TUI, web UI and CLI on macOS, Windows, Linux, Docker and Termux
Magpie FAQ
What is Magpie?
Magpie, from developer yetone, is a free, open-source app that lets every coding agent on your machine use any model. It runs one local gateway (127.0.0.1:3425) that speaks the OpenAI Chat, OpenAI Responses, Anthropic Messages and Gemini APIs and translates between them, including streaming, tool calls and reasoning, so Codex can run on DeepSeek or Claude Code on Kimi.
Who is Magpie for?
Developers who use more than one coding agent, provider or subscription and want to switch models per agent from one place, or keep working when a plan's quota runs out.
Is Magpie free?
Magpie's pricing, as the maker states it: Free and open source (MIT). Check the official site for current plans.
Is Magpie open source?
Yes. Magpie is released under the MIT License, according to its GitHub repository.
Does Magpie read my agents' sign-ins?
Yes, to offer the subscriptions your agents are signed in to as providers it reads their sign-ins (for example Claude Code's and Codex's files or the Keychain). You can turn this off in Settings → Privacy → Subscription accounts or with magpie accounts discovery off; API-key providers work either way.
How do I install Magpie?
Download the app from usemagpie.ai, run curl -fsSL https://usemagpie.ai/install.sh | sh, use go install github.com/yetone/magpie@latest, or run the Docker image.
What are alternatives to Magpie?
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