Lesson 8 · Ship It and Run It Free · Last updated · By Dheeraj Sharma

Run Claude Code free with OpenRouter

Run Claude Code for free with OpenRouter models: three setup methods, the settings JSON, and the stuck onboarding screen fix.

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Dheeraj Sharma

Dheeraj Sharma

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