I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.

SQRIL now supports stablecoins such as Tether’s USDT for its Scan-to-Pay QR code switch in Emerging Markets

SQRIL Founder & CEO Malcolm Weed explains, “any crypto exchange, crypto wallet or Dapp can now integrate with our APIs and allow their user base to scan & pay local QR codes across emerging markets ...

OpenAI releases Prism, a Claude Code-like app for scientific research

OpenAI is releasing a new app called Prism today, and it hopes it does for science what coding agents like Claude Code did ...

Dozens of nudify apps found on Google and Apple’s app stores

TTP identified 55 apps on the Google Play Store and 48 on Apple’s App Store that can “digitally remove the clothes from women ...

Claude Code: Anthropic’s wildly popular AI coding app

Engineers and noncoders alike are helping the app go viral ...