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Claude Code For Free: Local Setup with Ollama + Qwen 3.8

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I love Claude Code. I don't love watching the usage meter while I experiment. So I tried running it against a local model instead. It works, it costs nothing, and the setup is shorter than this intro. Here's the TL;DR version. The idea in one line Claude Code can talk to any Anthropic-compatible en…

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  1. 2026-10-29 08:52 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Code For Free: Local Setup with Ollama + Qwen 3.8

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