OpenClaude

OpenClaude is an open-source, terminal-based coding agent distributed through npm as `@gitlawb/openclaude`. It runs locally on Node.js 22+ and drives development tasks — reading and editing files, executing shell commands, searching with grep and glob, calling MCP servers, and streaming diffs — while keeping every action reviewable. Where most coding agents lock you to a single vendor, OpenClaude is deliberately model-agnostic: it advertises support for OpenAI, Gemini, Grok, Codex, Ollama, LM Studio, GitHub Models, DeepSeek and roughly 200 additional models across hosted and self-hosted providers, so teams can point it at whatever backend fits their budget, latency, or data-residency needs. Typical workflows include interactive coding sessions where the agent proposes changes as visible diffs you approve or reject, non-interactive scripted runs that emit JSON for CI pipelines and pre-commit hooks, and long refactors that lean on session management to resume, branch, or rewind prior turns. Repository-scoped configuration profiles let a monorepo, a Rust crate, and a Next.js app each carry their own model, tool allowlist, and prompt tuning without polluting a global config. Because it ships as a plain CLI, it slots into tmux, VS Code terminals, and remote SSH sessions the same way, and self-hosters can pair it with a local Ollama or LM Studio instance to keep code and prompts entirely on-prem. A small pixel-art 'buddy' companion adds some personality without burning tokens. It is best understood as a Claude Code / Aider-style workflow that is intentionally not tied to Anthropic's models or hosted service.