Run Claude Code using Ollama
Mar 30, 2026 - ⧖ 1 minInstall Ollama:
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
Pull a model
ollama pull llama3.2
Configure the ollama select model for claude
ollama launch claude --model llama3.2
Set the env vars to connect Claude to Ollama:
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="ollama"
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=""
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="http://localhost:11434"
Run claude
claude --model llama3.2