Local Claude Code
Run Claude Code on your own machine using a local model. No rate limits, no API bill, no data leaving your laptop.
Claude Code is brilliant. The bills and the rate limits are not.
This guide walks you through running Claude Code on your own machine, talking to a local model, in about ten minutes. Once it's set up, you have unlimited free runs, your code never leaves your laptop, and you keep the option to flip back to the real Claude when the work calls for it.
Inside the guide: What you actually get when you go local (and what you give up)
Step 1: install Ollama, the platform that lets you run models on your own hardware
Step 2: pick the right local model for your machine, with picks for both 32GB+ rigs and 16GB laptops
Step 3: point Claude Code at Ollama with three environment variables, on macOS, Linux, or Windows
A one-line command to run Claude Code fully offline
Quick troubleshooting for the three things that usually go wrong
When to keep using the real Claude, and why having both is the move
Read it free on Notion, or grab the PDF below.