# 1 Claude Code alternative for Mac

Canonical page: https://macbase.app/alternatives/claude-code

Anthropic's coding agent that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal.

Claude Code works only with Anthropic's models and needs a Claude plan or an API account. Developers look elsewhere for agents that switch between models, run local ones, live inside an editor instead of the terminal, or are open source.

- Website: https://claude.com/claude-code

## Mac apps people use instead of Claude Code for ai agents

- [Herdbell](https://macbase.app/apps/herdbell): Monitor and manage coding agents from your Mac ($9.99, 10% off for MacBase members, Coding Agents, Apple silicon, macOS 14 Sonoma or later, verified)

More: [every alternatives page](https://macbase.app/alternatives).