Developers are adding free and local models to Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex through four documented setups — local model control, an Agent OS engine, DeepSeek Harness, or a free API such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash — rather than replacing the paid coding agents outright. The working pattern is hybrid: keep the existing harness, then route cheaper, private, or offline work to another backend.
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