OpenProvider

Use OpenProvider models directly inside GitHub Copilot Chat.

Anonymous free routing, dynamic model routing, tool calls, vision support, and reasoning output for compatible models.

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Features

• Use OpenProvider models from the Copilot Chat model picker.
• Route openprovider/auto-free through direct free-route catalogs and select exact working models from OpenProvider.
• Track token usage and estimate costs in real-time.
• Supports streaming, tool calls, image-capable models, and reasoning output when the selected model exposes those capabilities.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.120.0 or newer.
• GitHub Copilot Chat enabled, because VS Code language model providers surface through the Copilot Chat model picker.

Development

npm install
npm run compile
npm run esbuild

Request settings

• openprovider.outputTokenBudget controls the normal max_tokens request budget. The extension clamps it to the selected model limit.
• openprovider.retryOutputTokenBudget controls compact retry requests after upstream rejections or empty streams.
• openprovider.forwardSamplingParameters is disabled by default so routed providers that reject temperature or top_p keep working. Enable it only when the selected provider supports those parameters.
• openprovider.freeRouteCatalogUrls is optional; when empty, openprovider/auto-free uses the bundled anonymous LLM7 and Pollinations catalogs. OPENPROVIDER_FREE_ROUTE_CATALOG_URLS from .env, global user env files, or process env overrides that list.
• openprovider.freeRouteBaseUrls is optional; when empty, openprovider/auto-free uses the bundled anonymous LLM7 and Pollinations route URLs. OPENPROVIDER_FREE_ROUTE_BASE_URLS from .env, global user env files, or process env overrides that list.
• openprovider.freeRouteGatewayUrl is optional; when empty, openprovider/auto-free reads OPENPROVIDERGATEWAY_URL from .env, global user env files, or process env.
• Global user env files are checked at ~/.openprovider.env, ~/.openprovider/.env, and ~/.config/openprovider-vscode/.env, so Auto Free can work in every VS Code workspace without copying .env into each project.
• openprovider/auto-free does not send stored OpenProvider credentials to direct free-route URLs. Catalog providers that declare required API-key environment variables are skipped, and auth-required route responses are retried against the next anonymous candidate.
• openprovider/auto-free advertises VS Code chat, streaming, tools, thinking, and image input. The direct router selects only anonymous candidates that match required tool or vision requests.