Every AI coding CLI ships its own config dialect — Claude Code wants JSON, Codex wants TOML, others lean on environment variables. Juggling three or four of them means memorizing where each file lives and what shape it expects, then editing by hand every time you swap a provider or key. cc-switch collapses that into one switch.
What Sets It Apart
- One app spans seven tools (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent), so muscle memory transfers instead of resetting per tool.
- 50+ built-in provider presets and a system-tray quick-switch mean changing endpoints is a click, not a file edit — useful when you bounce between paid and free API relays during the day.
- It writes live config files on switch and backfills from the active config when you edit, keeping the database and the on-disk files honest in both directions.
- A minimal-intrusion rule always leaves one working config in place, so your CLIs keep running even if you uninstall the app.
Where It Fits
Beyond switching, it bundles unified MCP server management across tools, a local proxy with hot-switching and auto-failover, usage and cost analytics with per-model pricing, and cloud sync over Dropbox, OneDrive, iCloud, or WebDAV. Config lives in a SQLite database with atomic writes and mutex-guarded connections, which is why concurrent edits and sync don't corrupt state.
Who It's For
Great fit if you run multiple coding CLIs or rotate between several API providers and relays, and want tray-level switching plus shared MCP config. Look elsewhere if you only use one tool with one fixed provider — a single config file is simpler than another desktop app — or if you avoid GUI utilities and prefer scripting your dotfiles directly.
