Tooling
Running Claude Code Offline: Gemma4 Outperforms Qwen for Tool-Use Workflows
A developer tested local LLM alternatives to Claude Code using Ollama, finding that model choice dramatically affects tool-calling performance. Gemma4:26b achieved 70% parity with cloud Claude for offline coding tasks.
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A developer has published a working setup for running Claude Code entirely offline using Ollama, revealing that model selection is the critical variable for tool-use performance in local environments.
The workflow requires three steps: downloading a model locally via Ollama (~9 GB for 14B models, ~...
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