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Claude Code for Free in VS Code: No Login, No API Key (Ollama + Qwen 3.8)

Last time I ran Claude Code for free in the terminal. A lot of you asked the obvious follow-up: can I do this inside VS Code? Yes. The official Claude Code extension can skip the Claude login entirely and talk to a model running on your own PC. No API key, no subscription, no bill. Then I gave it o…

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  1. 2026-11-02 07:42 · DEV Community — AI
    Run Claude Code for FREE with Ollama
  2. 2026-11-02 06:05 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Code for Free in VS Code: No Login, No API Key (Ollama + Qwen 3.8)

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