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

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

I tested local AI on my M1 Mac, expecting magic - and got a reality check instead

At random, I chose glm-4.7-flash, from the Chinese AI startup Z.ai. Weighing in at 30 billion "parameters," or neural weights, GLM-4.7-flash would be a "small" large language model by today's ...
Scientific American

OpenClaw—what happens when AI stops chatting and starts doing

This open-source agent installs software, makes calls and runs your digital life—redefining what “digital assistants” are supposed to do ...
GitHub

Cocoon-AI/mcp-perforce

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides a clean interface for Perforce (P4) operations in Claude Desktop. This server wraps P4 commands to make them more reliable and easier for Claude to ...
GitHub

Federal Reserve Economic Data MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing universal access to all 800,000+ Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED®) time series through three powerful tools. This ...
IEEE

Interactive Cross-Language Pointer Analysis for Resolving Native Code in Java Programs

Abstract: Java offers the Java Native Interface (JNI), which allows programs running in the Java Virtual Machine to invoke and be manipulated by native applications and libraries written in other ...