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Locode
A local first CLI that routes tasks to local LLMs or Claude
| Built with | Claude Code |
|---|---|
| Category | AI Agents & LLM Tools |
| Maker | chocks |
| Launched | 2026-03-09 |
| Source | Hacker News Show HN · 4 points |
| Link checked | 2026-11-02 |
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From the maker
Hey HN, For the past few months, I have been working a lot with Claude code and a huge fan of the tool. When working on some tasks, I noticed Claude spending tokens for simple local tasks like find, grep etc, so I wondered: what if simple local tasks could run on a local LLM and route complex reasoning Claude? To help answer that question, I started building Locode, a open source CLI that tries this approach.
From the website
Local-first AI coding CLI. Routes simple tasks to a local LLM (Ollama), complex tasks to Claude. Saves tokens. - chocks/locode
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