Running Claude Code with Free Ollama Models
How to use Claude Code’s agentic coding features with free local models instead of paying for API calls.
How to use Claude Code’s agentic coding features with free local models instead of paying for API calls.
Your phone today is basically a tiny AI workstation. It can run a full language model offline, with zero cloud, and no data leaving your device. That was the whole point of PocketLLM, an Android app I built that runs Google’s Gemma 3n model locally using MediaPipe Tasks GenAI. No servers. No API keys (except initial HuggingFace model download). No monthly bills. Just pure on-device intelligence. Why I Wanted an On-Device LLM I’ve been experimenting with running AI locally for a while, first on my MacBook, then on Android. Some reasons why you could want this: ...
Why local AI matters and how to run Ollama + Hugging Face models on your laptop.