The best claude-code-local alternatives

turbo-fieldfare

drumih/turbo-fieldfare

Gemma 4 26B-A4B inference in ~2 GB of RAM on any M-series MacBook

Choose turbo-fieldfare if…

• you would rather work in Swift than Python
• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (7.1k)
• you specifically need gemma4 or gemma4-26b-a4b

Shares apple-silicon, gemma, local-ai, macos with claude-code-local.

MTPLX

youssofal/MTPLX

3x faster speeds on MLX | Qwen 3.8 27B | Native MTP Speculative Decoding On Apple Silicon With No External Drafter.

Choose MTPLX if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you specifically need anthropic-compatible or inference-engine

Shares apple-silicon, local-ai, mlx, qwen with claude-code-local.

LlamaFactory

hiyouga/LlamaFactory

Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)

Choose LlamaFactory if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (75.9k)
• you specifically need agent or ai

Shares gemma, llama, qwen with claude-code-local.

unsloth

unslothai/unsloth

Local UI to run and train LLMs and diffusion models. Supports GGUF, MLX, Qwen3.8, DeepSeek-V4, MiniMax-H3, Gemma 4, FLUX and more.

Choose unsloth if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (79.0k)
• you specifically need agent or ai

Shares gemma, llama, qwen with claude-code-local.

mlx-vlm

Blaizzy/mlx-vlm

MLX-VLM is a package for inference and fine-tuning of Vision Language Models (VLMs) on your Mac using MLX.

Choose mlx-vlm if…

• you want the more widely starred option (5.8k)
• you specifically need florence2 or idefics

Shares apple-silicon, local-ai, mlx with claude-code-local.

OGAM

off-grid-ai/OGAM

The Swiss Army Knife of Offline AI. Chat, see, speak, and generate images on your phone or Mac — GGUF LLMs, vision, Whisper speech-to-text, Stable Diffusion, tool calling, and local-network servers. Runs on your CPU, GPU, or NPU. No account, no API key, zero data leaves your device.

Choose OGAM if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you specifically need android or edge-ai

Shares local-ai, macos, offline-ai with claude-code-local.

vllm

vllm-project/vllm

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

Choose vllm if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (96.2k)
• you specifically need amd or blackwell

Shares llama, qwen with claude-code-local.

sglang

sgl-project/sglang

SGLang is a high-performance serving framework for large language models and multimodal models.

Choose sglang if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (38.4k)
• you specifically need attention or blackwell

Shares llama, qwen with claude-code-local.

inference

xorbitsai/inference

Swap GPT for any LLM by changing a single line of code. Xinference lets you run open-source, speech, and multimodal models on cloud, on-prem, or your laptop — all through one unified, production-ready inference API.

Choose inference if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (9.6k)
• you specifically need artificial-intelligence or deployment

Shares gemma, qwen with claude-code-local.

ollama

ollama/ollama

Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.2, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.

Choose ollama if…

• you would rather work in Go than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (185.8k)
• you specifically need deepseek or gemma3

Shares gemma, llama, qwen with claude-code-local.

OmniRoute

diegosouzapw/OmniRoute

Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 352 providers (150+ free), 1200+ models Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline & Copilot. Quota-aware auto-fallback, RTK+Caveman compression saves 15-95% tokens, MCP/A2A, Desktop/PWA. Built by 550+ contributors

Choose OmniRoute if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (84.1k)
• you specifically need a2a or ai-agents

Shares anthropic, claude-code, qwen with claude-code-local.

9router

decolua/9router

Unlimited FREE AI coding. Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline, Copilot, Antigravity to FREE Claude/GPT/Gemini via 40+ providers. Auto-fallback, RTK -40% tokens, never hit limits.

Choose 9router if…

• you would rather work in JavaScript than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (31.9k)
• you specifically need ai-agents or ai-gateway

Shares anthropic, claude-code, qwen with claude-code-local.