Show HN: Hydra – Never stop coding when your AI CLI hits a rate limit

Category: devtools

Tags: ai-coding, cli-wrapper, tui, rate-limit-handling, developer-tools

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Hydra is a unified wrapper for AI coding CLIs (like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi) that provides a full interactive TUI and automatically switches between providers when one hits a rate limit, preserving conversation context. It's interesting because it solves a real pain point for developers using multiple AI coding assistants by maintaining workflow continuity and leveraging free tiers across providers.

Target audience: backend devs, frontend devs, full-stack devs

Repository: https://github.com/saadnvd1/hydra · Go · MIT · 6 stars

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