Claude Code for Free & Unlimited (If You Set This Up Correctly)
Free PDF guide #145 from Malva AI. Everything covered in the video — tools, links and step-by-step instructions — in one downloadable document. A free account is required to download.
Free companion guide for the video "Claude Code for Free & Unlimited (If You Set This Up Correctly)". Learn how to run Claude Code with a fully local model through Ollama on Windows, so the AI coding agent works on your own computer instead of depending on a paid cloud model. The guide walks through downloading Ollama from its official website, installing it, and launching it from Command Prompt, skipping sign-in because the goal is a fully local workflow. From the available agent options you select Claude Code, let Ollama install it if needed, and then pick a model that is actually downloaded and executed on your machine rather than a cloud-hosted entry. The demonstrated setup uses Gemma 4 26B, a download of roughly 19 GB, and the guide explains that local inference speed depends heavily on your RAM, VRAM and processor, so a smaller local model is the right fallback if responses are slow. You then create a dedicated working folder with mkdir C:\Claude_Malva, enter it with cd /d C:\Claude_Malva, and relaunch Ollama from there so Claude Code opens with that directory as its project workspace, confirmed at the top of the interface. The guide also covers the /effort command for adjusting reasoning effort, noting that maximum effort is much slower on local hardware while low effort is fine for simple coding and rewrites. A full mistakes section warns against treating the folder as a guaranteed sandbox, deleting the model when responses are slow, turning off the internet before installation finishes, storing personal documents in the Claude folder, running generated code without reviewing it, and assuming the Windows commands work identically on macOS or Linux. Higgsfield appears only in the sponsored section and is not required for the local setup. Tool links and every command are included.
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What's inside
- Every tool and link mentioned in the video
- Step-by-step setup instructions
- Tips to avoid usage limits
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