I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how it worked.

I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works ...

OpenClaw: The AI agent that’s got humans taking orders from bots

OpenClaw is a free and open-source, lobster-themed AI agent vibe-coded by software engineer Peter Steinberger. The software ...