claude-code-local.md

Install Claude code local

https://ollama.com/blog/claude

1. Install Ollama https://ollama.com/

2. Pull model

   ollama pull bjoernb/claude-opus-4-5

   or

   ollama pull qwen3-coder

3. Install Anthropic Claude code

   npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

4. Set virtual environment

   export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama
   export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434

   or, on Windows

   set ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama
   set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434

5. Run

   claude --model qwen3-coder

   or, on Windows

   ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=ollama ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434 claude.cmd --model qwen3-coder