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Install

Install Claude Code: 
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

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Usage with Ollama

Claude Code connects to Ollama using the Anthropic-compatible API.
  1. Set the environment variables:
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=ollama
  1. Run Claude Code with an Ollama model:
claude --model qwen3-coder
Or run with environment variables inline: 
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=ollama claude --model qwen3-coder

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Connecting to ollama.com

  1. Create an API key on ollama.com
  2. Set the environment variables:
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://ollama.com
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<your-api-key>
  1. Run Claude Code with a cloud model:
claude --model glm-4.7:cloud

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Cloud models

  • glm-4.7:cloud - High-performance cloud model
  • minimax-m2.1:cloud - Fast cloud model
  • qwen3-coder:480b - Large coding model

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Local models

  • qwen3-coder - Excellent for coding tasks
  • gpt-oss:20b - Strong general-purpose model