OpenClaude-Portable: Run a Full AI Coding Agent From a USB Drive, No Install Needed
tom_doerr · x · 2026-09-05
The open-source OpenClaude-Portable project lets you carry a full AI coding agent on a USB drive and run it on any PC without installation.
- Ships a self-contained Node.js runtime, a smart system-prompt proxy for local models, and a web dashboard, launched via START.bat (Windows) or start.sh (Linux/macOS)
- Supports 9 AI providers: NVIDIA NIM, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Ollama (offline), LM Studio, and custom OpenAI-compatible APIs
- Zero footprint: all data, keys, and logs stay inside the project folder — nothing is written to the host machine
- The proxy trims system prompts by up to 90% to speed up local models
The repo has 1.2k stars and includes a setup/demo video, making it handy for developers in restricted or shared environments.
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