Nanocoder: Local-First Claude Code Alternative Hits 1,765 Stars — MIT Licensed, MCP-Native, Any OpenAI-Compatible API

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Nanocoder, an open-source local-first coding agent from Nano-Collective, has reached 1,765 GitHub stars by offering Claude Code-like capabilities with full privacy control. It supports any OpenAI-compatible API (Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, vLLM) and ships with native MCP support across stdio, HTTP, and WebSocket transports. Available via npm, Homebrew, and Nix Flakes. The MIT-licensed project is funded through donations, with no plans for subscription conversion.