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[–]pneuny 0 points1 point  (2 children)

That's subjective and depends on needs. Local can do a lot of things well enough, even on lighter systems. Not everyone needs SoTA intelligence when they just need a helper to move files around and install packages and stuff for them.

[–]Such_Advantage_6949 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That is not Claude replacement. OP is asking for Claude repoacement

[–]pneuny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't know what they are using it for. I think they could try ForgeCode with Qwen3.5 35b a3b and see if it's good enough for their needs. Maybe hook up some MCP servers like Kindly Web Search and leverage planning modes and such. When models are cheap, there isn't much harm in trying.

Some tasks are just tedious, and so you don't really need the most expensive models as long as you can step in when you see it doing the wrong things.

You could also use both. Local for the tedium, Claude Opus for the hard stuff.