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Overview of API provision and proxies for consumption.

Generally, avoid unified API platforms — they are very expensive. It's better to consume APIs directly from the source, such as the creators of frontier models like Mistral, Anthropic, etc.

TUIs are also gaining popularity in the summer of 2025. The major creators of frontier models all have their own TUIs. I prefer using them because they are much lighter and more minimalist in approach. Moreover, the models are often nerfed and distilled in Cursor or Windsurf, with smaller context windows

 I find it's the most ideal way to consume APIs Inference is TUI. Nicolas

✶ API Inference

pure 🟢
api.anthropic.com/v1
api.mistral.ai/v1
api.deepseek.com/v1
api.moonshot.ai/v1
generativelanguage.googleapis.com

unified 🔴
Openrouter
Eden AI
LiteLLM
TogetherAI

✶ API Inference Proxy

TUI 🟢
Claude code
Qwen code
Gemini cli
Crush
Opencode
Anon Kode
Aider

GUI 🔴
Cursor
Windsurf
Trae
Kiro

GUI 🔴 (vscode extension)
Cline
Kilo Code
Roocode
Continue
Mistral Code
Augmentcode