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

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how it worked.
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Flow Launcher Plugin - Ollama

This Flow Launcher Plugin allows you to interact with a local Ollama instance and your favorite and private LLMs (e.g. Llama 3, Gemma 3, Phi-4, DeepSeek-R1, TinyLlama, ...). It provides a convenient ...
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5 open-source Windows apps that saved me real money

I can spend my money on something else!
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Faux-Technologies/figmatic-mcp-server

Production-ready MCP server for Figma design automation. Enables AI agents (Claude, Codex, etc.) to programmatically interact with Figma through 60+ tools. The MCP server is distributed as a ...