OrcaRouter runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 81 installs a week from npm. Last commit 26 May 2026.
Browse 160+ LLM models and live pricing — no API key needed for catalog. Add key to route chat.
Today is the operative word: we check OrcaRouter every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add orcarouter-mcp -- npx -y @orcarouter/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@orcarouter/mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.orcarouter-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@orcarouter/mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@orcarouter/mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@orcarouter/mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
ORCAROUTER_API_KEY (OrcaRouter API key. Required only for orcarouter_chat. Catalog tools (orcarouter_models_list, orcarouter_model_card, orcarouter_providers_list) work without it.), ORCAROUTER_BASE_URL (Override the gateway base URL. Defaults to https://api.orcarouter.ai.), ORCAROUTER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT (Per-request timeout in seconds. Defaults to 300 (5 minutes) to accommodate long reasoning-model completions.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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Live model catalog with prices and measured uptime, rankings, credits and spend, spend-capped chat.
Up-to-date LLM pricing + availability catalog with cited sources for AI agent routing.
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Multi-chain DEX prices, liquidity, routing and slippage. Free tier, no API key.
Answers built from our own checks of this server.