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.
Pocket Tactics

Project Mirror Labyrinth codes February 2026

Redeem more fragments and free rewards in our list of new Project Mirror Labyrinth codes to use in this mysterious Roblox ...

OpenAI says new coding model helped build itself

The new coding model released Thursday afternoon, entitled GPT-5.3-Codex, builds on OpenAI’s GPT-5.2-Codex model and combines insights from the AI company’s GPT-5.2 model, which excels on non-coding ...

With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code

Today, OpenAI announced GPT-5.3-Codex, a new version of its frontier coding model that will be available via the command line, IDE extension, web interface, and the new macOS desktop app. (No API ...

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.
GitHub

Claude Code MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows running Claude Code in one-shot mode with permissions bypassed automatically. Did you notice that Cursor sometimes struggles with complex, multi-step ...