Stop Paying Anthropic $200/month for Claude Code (Do This Instead)

Tired of expensive AI coding assistants like Claude Code's Opus 4.5 / 4.6? 💸 While powerful, the monthly bills can be insane, especially for heavy developers.

What if you could get 90% of that experience - the terminal agent, file editing, and tool calling for exactly $0? And with zero data leaving your machine?

In this video, I'll show you how to swap Anthropic's backend and build a FREE Claude Code setup that runs directly on your machine, leveraging powerful open-source models like Llama3, GLM, and more.

#ai  #claude #programming #agent #coding 

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🎥 What to watch next
https://youtu.be/5u86wyVppZo
https://youtu.be/3WDyTuUo7Gg
https://youtu.be/mu-KIRt4igc


⏰ Timeline
00:00 - The Problem with Expensive AI Models
00:21 - A Free Alternative
01:06 - How Claude Code Works
02:36 - Step 1
03:49 - Step 2
04:54 - Step 3

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