RelayCode VS Code Extension Routes Claude Code Through Sovereign RDUs
OpenGPU has released RelayCode, a VS Code extension that acts as a local proxy for AI coding agents. The tool intercepts requests from Claude Code or GitHub Copilot and routes them through the OpenGPU Relay network to open-weight models running on sovereign infrastructure.
Key Details
The extension provides several specific features and performance characteristics:
- Infrastructure: Workloads are routed through Infercom's reconfigurable dataflow units (RDUs), described as dedicated sovereign compute with no US jurisdiction and GDPR compliance by design.
- Performance: Benchmarks show 250+ tokens per second on DeepSeek-R1 (671B) and 400+ tokens per second on MiniMax M2.5. Model switching is near-instant (milliseconds) due to the dataflow architecture.
- Context Management: The extension automatically manages
CLAUDE_AUTOCOMPACTsettings to keep agents within model context windows without crashing. - Privacy: Code stays on the local machine; only inference requests hit the relay network with no data retention.
- Current Status: The team reports about 23 installs and is seeking feedback on relay latency from the community.
- Access: Promo credits are available for testing RDU speeds for free.
The tool is positioned as a way to reduce Anthropic API costs while maintaining Claude CLI workflows, particularly useful for refactoring work.
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