A tool to get Claude Code-style reliability from fully local models

Ollama exposes an Anthropic-compatible Messages endpoint , allowing developers to run powerful open-source AI models locally with no API costs and pair them with Claude Code for a capable local AI coding workflow . For coding workflows, models with strong tool use support like Qwen 2.5 Coder and Llama 3.1 are the most reliable options to achieve Claude Code-style performance on local hardware.

Source: r/ollama | 2026-05-26