How to Use Claude Code Privately With Ollama
The local, private way to use Claude Code.
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The name Claude Code implies you need Claude to use it.
You do not.
You can run Claude Code entirely on your own machine, for free, and without cloud dependency. It takes about thirty minutes to set up.
By the end of this piece you will have the setup working with a local model using Ollama.
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