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claude-failover

Backup brain for Claude Code. When Claude Max hits its rate limit or Claude is down, one command flips your agents to a local MLX model and they keep going.

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📅 May 2026
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What it is

Claude Max is enough — until it isn't. Don't lose half a day.

Claude Max has a weekly limit that almost no one hits — until they're deep in a 4-hour debugging session and the agent suddenly stops. Or Anthropic has a brief outage. Or you're on a plane with no internet. claude-failover is the simplest possible answer: one shell command flips every claude -p call on your machine to a local MLX model.

Default is still Claude. The local model is only there for the moment you need it. When the cloud is back, flip back with one command.

Why it's different

What makes claude-failover special

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One-command flip

`claude-failover gemma` and every agent is now local. Reverse it just as easy.

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Cloud is default

You still use Claude when Claude is available. Local is the safety net.

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Apple Silicon native

MLX models run fast on M-series. Gemma 31B is the smart default.

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HQ shows which brain is running. You always know.

Who it's for

Is this for you?

  • Anyone running long Claude Code sessions
  • People who hit Claude Max limits and lose work
  • Builders running multiple agents in parallel
How to get it

Getting started in minutes

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Install once

`brew install` + an alias. That's all the setup.

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Default is Claude

Nothing changes day-to-day. claude -p uses the cloud.

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Flip on demand

When you hit the wall: `claude-failover gemma`. Done.

Ready to try claude-failover?

It's free, open source, and runs on the hardware you already own. Head to GitHub to get started, or drop a star to help us keep building in public.

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