XDA Developers on MSN

These open-source tools do what Claude charges for, and some do it better

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VentureBeat

Anthropic just shipped an OpenClaw killer called Claude Code Channels, letting you message it over Telegram and Discord

Credit: VentureBeat made with Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Image The hit open source autonomous AI agent OpenClaw may have just gotten mogged by Anthropic. Today, Anthropic announced Claude Code Channels, a ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.121 Adds Remote Agents, Boosts Claude Code Functionality Again

VS Code 1.121 was released May 20, 2026, featuring yet another update to Claude Code, becoming more and more a first-class citizen in the VS Code ecosystem. Remote agents can run over SSH or dev ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Claude Code Edges OpenAI's Codex in VS Code's Agentic AI Marketplace Leaderboard

Anthropic's Claude Code for VS Code has surpassed OpenAI's Codex extension in Visual Studio Code Marketplace installs and review volume despite launching later. OpenAI positions Codex as an IDE ...

Anthropic’s IPO march began with a Claude Code breakthrough

Claude Opus 4.5 turned Claude Code into a must-have tool for developers, giving Anthropic a powerful opening inside large ...