# awnode

> A lightweight local gateway — bridges your apps to the AI backends you chose.

Every app hardcodes a different provider SDK, so switching backends means editing every app.

## Install

```
pip install awnode
```

## In Claude Code

- skill: `/awnode`

## Use it in 30 seconds

Run it once and point one app at it instead of a vendor URL.

## Composes with

- [awdk](https://aitherium.github.io/awdk/) — Build AI agent fleets — 3 lines, any backend, local or cloud.
- [aitherkvcache](https://aitherium.github.io/aitherkvcache/) — Near-optimal KV cache quantization for LLM inference — sub-byte compression.
- [awspaces](https://aitherium.github.io/awspaces/) — A place, not a page: every human gets a Space -- a hand-made page, files and a companion agent that is theirs -- and Spaces link to Spaces. Early-2000s internet (Neocities, Newgrounds, Neopets, RuneScape) with local-first AI underneath.

## Where it lives

- Repo: https://github.com/Aitherium/awnode
- Docs: https://aitherium.github.io/awnode/
- Manifest (keys + the one-line adoption story): https://aitherium.github.io/awnode/aither-manifest.json

Everything Aitherium, in one file for agents: https://aitherium.com/llms.txt
