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CORS Chat works fine against both LM Studio (with the --cors option) and OpenRouter.
The author reports hands-on testing: CORS Chat worked without problems against LM Studio using its --cors option and against OpenRouter. ✦ AI generated
author · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-15 · original ↗
I've tried it against LM Studio with the --cors option and OpenRouter, and both work fine.
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