19 guides
What Claude Code really costs and practical ways to cut it: cheaper model backends, routing by task, cache and off-peak discounts, and tighter prompting habits.
Build a Cursor alternative on Windows with open-source tools and DeepSeek. Cline or OpenCode plus a cheap model give you AI coding without a subscription.
Point OpenClaw at DeepSeek for a self-hosted AI assistant that costs cents to run. The config, the OpenAI-compatible endpoint, key handling, and the gotchas.
Connect OpenCode to DeepSeek V4 using the current built-in provider flow, select V4 Flash or Pro, verify the API connection, and fix common errors.
Use deepclaude on Windows to run Claude Code's agent loop on DeepSeek V4 or any Anthropic-compatible backend. Install, configure, verify, and the trade-offs.
Use DeepSeek with the Cline extension in VS Code for cheap, in-editor AI coding. OpenAI-compatible provider setup, model choice, plan mode, pricing, and fixes.
Set up Aider with DeepSeek on Windows for git-native AI pair programming at pennies per session. Install, API key, model flags, config file, and fixes.
Pillar Guide
A map of OpenClaw: installation, model providers, skills, the coding agent, scheduling, security, and the differences between popular forks.
Use cc-desktop-switch on Windows to configure DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, and Bailian providers for Claude Desktop. What it does, setup, the trade-offs, and a simpler path.
Call DeepSeek's new experimental vision model with text and image input, using the exact model ID, an OpenAI-compatible request, and practical compatibility checks.
DeepSeek V4 pricing explained with current V4 Flash and V4 Pro API rates, cache-hit discounts, Anthropic/OpenAI base URLs, and how to estimate coding cost.
Run a DeepSeek model locally with Ollama on Windows and connect it to Claude Code via Claude Code Router. Install, model pull, config, hardware needs, and fixes.
Run Claude Code on any backend using Anthropic-compatible endpoints. How ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL works, which providers support it, and setup on Windows; no proxy.
Run DeepSeek V4 with Claude Code inside WSL on Windows. Node setup, the Anthropic-compatible endpoint, persistent env vars, model choice, and pricing notes.
Compare ByteDance Seed2.0 Code with DeepSeek V4 for coding, including current routes, DeepSeek's published rates, protocol support, and setup choices.
Use DeepSeek with Claude Desktop on Windows with a provider-switch tool. How the desktop app differs from the CLI, setup steps, model choice, and the trade-offs.
Connect Codex CLI, the Codex IDE extension, and the ChatGPT desktop app to DeepSeek V4 through the Responses API and a custom Codex model catalog.
Run DeepSeek V4 with Claude Code on Windows using its Anthropic-compatible endpoint. API key, environment variables, model choice, pricing, and the common fixes.
Run Claude Code on cheaper models like DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, and Qwen. The three connection methods, pricing and coding plans compared, and how to set it up on Windows.