CC GUIvsclaude-code-router
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
CC GUI
CodeMoss AI · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
6.92 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 7.3
- Cost
- 7.8
- Longevity
- 6.0
“Session history has search, favourites and export, so you can now bookmark your favourite conversation with a robot.”
claude-code-router
musistudio · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
7.03 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 7.7
- Cost
- 8.3
- Longevity
- 5.8
“Its main job is pointing Claude Code at a model that is not Claude, and it is named after both of them.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | CC GUI | claude-code-router |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | YesThe plugin itself is a front end; command execution and file editing happen in the CLI engine it launches. | NoCCR is a routing proxy; the agent CLI behind it does the executing. |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | No |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | YesA documented docker compose deployment runs the router itself in a container; it does not sandbox the agents that call it. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | YesA built-in agent system automates complex tasks and the plugin can switch between eight different CLI engines. | YesCCR fronts many agent CLIs at once (Claude Code, Codex, Grok CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo Code, OpenCode, ZCode) but does not itself orchestrate agents against a task. |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude, OpenAI, Grok, Kimi, DeepSeek, OpenCode | OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, SiliconFlow, Moonshot Kimi, Mistral, Z.AI, Bailian |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | YesAny OpenAI-compatible endpoint can be added as a custom provider with its own base URL, which covers a locally hosted server; no named Ollama or LM Studio preset is documented. |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 6,759 | 37,511 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | CC GUI | claude-code-router | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.3 | 7.3 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 6.3 | 6.3 | no preference |
| El Profesor | 7.5 | 7.0 | CC GUI — The listing documents its own network path: requests go direct to the official API unless a proxy is set, the route is labelled first, and no credential is read without a dialog. |
| La Inversora | 7.3 | 6.5 | CC GUI — 5,809 stars in under a year, MIT, no meter and no seat, published by CodeMoss AI. The asset is marketplace attention, and attention is convertible if the vendor wants it to be. |
| La Jefa | 5.3 | 6.5 | claude-code-router — Free for sixty, and the credential pool with key rotation is the first thing on this board that looks like something a platform team would actually want. |
| El Hacker | 8.0 | 8.8 | claude-code-router — MIT, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint becomes a provider by writing its base URL into the config, which includes the server on my own machine. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.