Quick one: If you're not using terminal based agents yet.. You're already behind Here's Why. Terminal Agents are: - Lightweight - only use minimal compute resources to run - Can run for hours if not days - without any human intervention required ( if you know what you're doing) - Can work on multiple projects at once - Come back once the build's complete And so much more. Big question though.. Do I have to pay? No. That's why you're here :) You can use Ollama with Claude Code and get shit done! Here's how it works. Claude Code is Anthropic’s agentic coding tool that can read, modify, and execute code in your working directory. Open models can be used with Claude Code through Ollama’s Anthropic-compatible API, enabling you to use models such as qwen3-coder, gpt-oss:20b, or other models. Install Install Claude Code: macOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash Windows irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex Usage with Ollama Claude Code connects to Ollama using the Anthropic-compatible API. Set the environment variables: export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434 Run Claude Code with an Ollama model: claude --model gpt-oss:20b Or run with environment variables inline: ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434 claude --model gpt-oss:20b CLOUD MODELS ALSO WORK AND WORK VERY WELL! Note: Claude Code requires a large context window. We recommend at least 32K tokens. Free. Unlimited coding. All at your disposal. Happy building! PS. Do you want a live stream for this?

When I started in open source AI, I thought it'd be some time before we can use it for production level tasks and operations. Now just 12 months on.. That time has come. Your own Windsurf. Yes you read that correctly. Our team of AI agents have done the impossible. We've created our own AI coding agent that works in a VS code environment. Guys we are so proud of this achievement you have no idea. Works just like Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity and many more coding agents on the market. Our difference? You own it! And you use any LLM you like :) Download for Windows here: https://github.com/hamishfromatech/A-Coder/tree/dev Under Releases, Pre release :) This is has been an amazing learning experience. And I can't wait to see what you build! PS Mac coming soon!

If you missed the last few posts. On Christmas we gave you all access to A-Coder, the open source AI coding suite that runs on your computers. Since then we've been working damn hard to make the experience better. Launching publically in just a few days time. Check our previous posts to get the GitHub link 🔗 downloads available for windows and Linux, macos coming soon. Here's a sneak peak of the latest skin update :)

For those that live in the terminal. Based off Gemini and QWEN CLI's this is a BEAST for longer tasks and projects! https://github.com/hamishfromatech/a-coder-cli

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