I tried a Claude Code rival thats local, open source, and completely free – how it went
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy and retries. Jack Dorsey is the founder of…
