Ollama adds Claude Code support

// 78d agoPRODUCT UPDATE

Ollama adds Claude Code support

Ollama v0.14.0 adds Anthropic Messages API compatibility, letting developers run Claude Code against local open models or Ollama cloud models by changing the base URL and token. It also extends that compatibility to existing Anthropic SDK apps, making local-first coding-agent workflows much easier to test without rewriting tooling.

// ANALYSIS

This is a quietly important interoperability win: Ollama is turning Anthropic-native agent tooling into a frontend for open models, which lowers the cost of experimenting with local coding workflows.

–The setup is minimal: point `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` at `http://localhost:11434`, use `ollama` as the token, and Claude Code can target Ollama-served models.
–Ollama is framing itself as more than a local model runner; its homepage now treats launching apps like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenClaw as a first-class workflow.
–The blog explicitly recommends coding-oriented models like `gpt-oss:20b` and `qwen3-coder`, showing this is aimed at agentic dev use cases, not just chat.
–Anthropic SDK compatibility matters beyond Claude Code because existing Python and JavaScript apps can swap providers with a base URL change instead of a full integration rewrite.

// TAGS

ollamallmopen-sourceapiai-coding

DISCOVERED

78d ago

2026-03-11

PUBLISHED

78d ago

2026-03-11

RELEVANCE

8/ 10

AUTHOR

WorldofAI

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