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OrcaRouter MCP Server

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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.

Installs per day peak 64 · avg 17 · +18% w/w
a month agotoday
81
Installs / week
npm · @orcarouter/mcp
13
Stars
4 open issues
26 May 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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.

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Connect this server

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add orcarouter-mcp -- npx -y @orcarouter/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcarouter-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@orcarouter/mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.orcarouter-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@orcarouter/mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcarouter-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@orcarouter/mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "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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OrcaRouter — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for OrcaRouter?
OrcaRouter runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @orcarouter/mcp was installed 81 times last week.
How do I connect OrcaRouter?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @orcarouter/mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use OrcaRouter?
The npm package @orcarouter/mcp was installed 81 times in the last week. Week over week that is +18%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is OrcaRouter open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 13 stars on GitHub and 4 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.