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Local AI Coding

Code assistants, autocomplete, and agentic coding tools that run on your machine.

  1. Intermediate

    Getting started with local AI coding

    You can run a coding assistant entirely on your own machine, with your code never leaving it. Here is the lay of the land, and how to get a working setup.

  2. Intermediate

    Best local LLM for coding: choosing a model

    The best local LLM for coding depends on your hardware and how you work. A direct answer by memory tier, from autocomplete to agents, with the model to pull for each.

  3. Advanced

    Local coding agents

    Agents go beyond autocomplete: they read a codebase, plan, and make changes across files. What they can do locally, how to run them safely, and where they still trip.

  4. Intermediate

    Using Claude Code with a local model via Ollama

    Claude Code can run against a model served locally by Ollama instead of a hosted API. Here is how to point it at Ollama, which local models can keep up with agentic coding, and an honest account of what you give up.