Verdict: OpenClaude wins on price and model choice; Claude Code wins for teams already inside Anthropic. If you want a claude code alternative that costs nothing to install and lets you choose the model behind it, run OpenClaude: a free community terminal agent whose README lists 24 provider routes, including local Ollama with no API key, so you pay only your model provider's token rates ( GitHub ). If you already pay for Claude Pro or Max, keep Claude Code: it is Anthropic's first-party prod...