I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.
GitHub

bigwhite/go-cache-prog

$GOCACHEPROG="./go-cache-prog --verbose" go install fmt 2025/03/04 10:47:59 Using cache directory: /Users/tonybai/.gocacheprog 2025/03/04 10:47:59 Received request ...
GitHub

Bitwarden Authenticator Android App

Bitwarden Authenticator allows you easily store and generate two-factor authentication codes on your device. The Bitwarden Authenticator Android application is written in Kotlin. All code must follow ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds support for agent skills

An experimental feature in VS Code 1.108, Agent Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that GitHub Copilot can load for specialized tasks. Visual Studio Code 1.108, the latest ...