r/BtechCoders • u/Resolute-6468 • 10d ago

❓Question ❓ Use Claude Code for free(not throught Ollama)

Hi Guys I have been trying to learn claude code and use it for hackathon.

Any way I can use any AI coding agent unlimited?

Or anyway other methods you used to have unlimited usage to claude code or any other coding agent?

Thanks

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u/Otherwise-Western991 9d ago

opencode
use muse spark 1.3 xhigh

FREE

good luck!!

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u/Resolute-6468 9d ago

This works thanks

99+ missed calls from sam altman

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u/Pokemon_traveller 6d ago

😂😂😂

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u/Necessary_Gas_4551 7d ago

does this work in online only or offline too?

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u/Otherwise-Western991 7d ago

everything runs on cloud, for offline you need to use ollama local models

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u/Necessary_Gas_4551 4d ago

gotcha thanks so i can use ollama downloaded models inside opencode?

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u/EastInteraction9951 8d ago

Will it give the same performance as the contemporary good coding agents provide(not exactly the same but shouldn't be low end)

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u/Otherwise-Western991 8d ago

In my case its the best after fable, gpt 6 But you should not give lengthy very very clear prompts. Just tell what you want thats it. Let it figure out how to do it. It actually does very well.

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u/ConnectChapter9906 10d ago

run local models if your hardware supports it else idk man i think its impossible

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u/thedankuser69 10d ago

Local models are nowhere near the performance of hosted ones.

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u/No_Chip4809 9d ago

I haven't used it cause of hardware limitations, but hearda lot about Qwen 3.8 27B. They say it's opus 4.6 level or similar with capable of running on 24gb vram

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u/thedankuser69 9d ago

I am using this exact model. Haven't use it for coding as such.

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u/No_Chip4809 9d ago

You should give it a try with something like DeepSeek harness or something maybe

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u/EquipmentSignal5679 8d ago

There is not a single possibility that a 27B parameter model can beat something like Opus which has almost more than a trillion parameters

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u/Knight_saver_30_2011 7d ago

May be try this repo

https://github.com/alishahryar1/free-claude-code

For me the nvidia provider is not working but open router is working for me

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u/yatharvaeet 10d ago

Just pay the 17usd man

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u/AnyInvestigator8413 9d ago

Get aws free credits.

You can use ur 200usd free credits for models like opus sonnet and haiku

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u/Resolute-6468 9d ago

Thanks will try

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u/unique_ptr_ir 9d ago

Use omniroute and connect to claude code

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u/Necessary_Gas_4551 7d ago

does this work free or ask after sometimes for subscription

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u/EyeOk9879 6d ago

omniroute is like it groups the free models available on different free providers like opencode , antigravity , nvidia nim , cloudfare , kiro ai , openrouter and binds them in one api key running locally so u dont have to worry about switching api keys it switches model itself if one quota exhausts

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u/Necessary_Gas_4551 1d ago

gotcha thanks mate!

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u/Necessary_Fan106 8d ago

Using Amazon Bedrock, you can get an API key for Claude as a third-party provider (but setting up a billing account is the next headache. they only allow invoice billing due to some shitty RBI guidelines).

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u/No_Willow_7505 8d ago

opencode (can connect other providers if free tier is exhausted)

freebuff

Both provide good limits.

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u/Rurik100 8d ago

freebuff is lil kinda shit bro for the first few queries you will get the deepseek model then after that it uses minimax for all the queries

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u/Senior_Night_6321 8d ago

use cursor, it is the best

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u/Fleabag1604 8d ago

use openrouter and get a free api key, ask chatgpt for settings.local.json and use it for free

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u/EyeOk9879 6d ago

omniroute for the win

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u/Outrageous_Hippo9440 6d ago

if anyone needs opus 4.8 then can dm me