I Built an Open-Source Bridge That Turns Claude Code Into a REST API

The Problem If you're a Claude Code subscriber paying $100+/month for the Max plan, you know how powerful it is. But there's a catch — Claude Code is trapped in your terminal. Sure, Anthropic has an official API, but that's pay-per-token — meaning you'd be paying twice for the same AI. Want to call Claude Code from your web app? Your Slack bot? A CI pipeline? A Python script running on a remote server? There's no built-in way to use your existing subscription as an API. Sure, there are open-source wrappers like coder/agentapi and claude-code-api. But they all share the same limitation: they only work on localhost. If you want to access Claude Code from outside your machine, you're on your own — setting up reverse proxies, TLS certificates, authentication... The Solution I built claude-api-bridge — an open-source tool that turns your Claude Code subscription into a secure REST API accessible from anywhere. One command. That's it. npx claude-api-bridge start And you get: ✅ Claude Code CL