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I Ran Gemma 4 as a Local Model in Codex CLI

A hands-on write-up of wiring Google's open Gemma 4 model into the Codex command-line coding agent so it runs locally instead of calling a hosted API.

From the site: I wanted to know whether Gemma 4 could replace a cloud model for my day-to-day agentic coding. Not in theory, in practice. I use Codex CLI…

Why I recommend it: Useful if you want to try coding agents without paying per token — local models are slower, but free and private.