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Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows - all through natural language commands.

What it is

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows -- all through natural language commands. Use it in your terminal, IDE, or tag @claude on Github.

When to use it

Reach for claude-code when you want an AI to write, refactor or scaffold code in your editor or terminal — it's written in TypeScript and fits stacks tagged claude, ai-agents, workflow.

Category
AI Coding Tools
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Stars
155,286
Forks
24,910
Last push
today
Created
2025-02-22
Open issues
16,954
Website
code.claude.com/docs/en/overview
#claude#ai-agents#workflow#typescript

Quick start

$ git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code.git

Hand it to your AI

Read https://ideas.asveas.com/r/anthropics/claude-code.md and help me add anthropics/claude-code to my project. Explain the setup steps for my stack and show the minimal code to get it working.
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FAQ

What is claude-code?

anthropics/claude-code is an AI coding tool on GitHub: Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows - all through natural language commands. Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows -- all through natural language commands.

When should I use claude-code?

Reach for claude-code when you want an AI to write, refactor or scaffold code in your editor or terminal — it's written in TypeScript and fits stacks tagged claude, ai-agents, workflow.

What are the best alternatives to claude-code?

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Is claude-code actively maintained?

anthropics/claude-code looks very actively maintained: the last push was today (2026-11-11), with 155,286 stars and 16,954 open issues.

What license does claude-code use?

No license was detected on GitHub — treat it as "all rights reserved" until the author adds one.