Pattern: Open-Source Coding Agents Fragment IDE Lock-In Through Multi-Provider Model Routing

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Kilo Code (18.6K stars, 500+ models, 1.5M users), Claude Code Router (2,900 stars), and OpenCode collectively demonstrate that coding agents are decoupling from specific model providers. Kilo Code connects to OpenRouter, direct APIs, and TokenMix with zero markup; Claude Code Router proxies any OpenAI-compatible model through Claude Code's interface. The emerging pattern: the agent is the interface, the model is a swappable backend, and the IDE is just a host.