Claude Code vs LocalAI

FeatureClaude CodeLocalAI
CategoryCoding AssistantsLocal AI Infrastructure
PricingPay-per-use (API)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars25,00025,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsLinux, macOS, Docker
Features
  • ✓ Terminal-native
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Git integration
  • ✓ Codebase reasoning
  • ✓ Tool use
  • ✓ MCP support
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Multiple models
  • ✓ Text-to-speech
  • ✓ Image generation
  • ✓ Embeddings
Tags
codingclianthropicclaudeagentic
localapiopenai-compatibleopen-source