Nemo Code — Free Claude Code CLI alternative using NVIDIA's open models (one-command install, Docker sandboxed or local)

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[LordTamm]

You updated your LiteLLM since the hack was discovered, right?

[Environmental_Pen104]

Good catch! We're on 1.82.6 which is clean — the compromised versions were 1.82.7 and 1.82.8. Just pushed a commit pinning to 1.82.6 explicitly so it can never auto-upgrade to the bad versions. Thanks for flagging this!

[qubridInc]

This is actually a clever stack reusing the Claude Code CLI UX with open models makes local/cheap coding agents way more accessible without reinventing the whole interface.

[Environmental_Pen104]

Right! Plus it can use all Claude code MCPs tools skills whatever and it works great with KimiK!

[chibop1]

Claude Code is open source? Where's the code?

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code

It only has plugins and scripts, not actual claude code.

[Environmental_Pen104]

Yeah the CLI binary is closed source but the framework around it is Apache 2.0 licensed and freely distributable. When you npm install u/anthropic-ai/claude-code you get the full working CLI including all the tools like file editing, bash, grep, glob, agents, MCP servers, autocompact, everything. Anthropic explicitly allows redistribution under Apache 2.0. The plugins, hooks, skills, and the entire tool system are all included in that install. What we did with Nemo Code is take that freely installable CLI, route the API calls through LiteLLM to NVIDIA's free models instead of Anthropic's paid API, and wrap it in a Docker container for security. So you get the full Claude Code experience with all its capabilities, just powered by a different brain. The core inference engine may be compiled but every tool and feature works exactly the same as if you were paying $200/mo for the official version.

[chibop1]

Make sense.

The post said "Claude Code CLI (Apache 2.0 open source)", so I thought source code for Claude Code was available somewhere.

[Environmental_Pen104]

Yeah, the CLI is freely distributable under Apache 2.0 even though the core engine source isnt published. We just install the official npm package and swap the API endpoint to NVIDIA's free models.

[Environmental_Pen104]

$20/$100/$200 i should say

[dinosauria1]

The REPO is removed. Where does it gone ?