# anthropics/claude-code

> 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.

- GitHub: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
- Website: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview
- Category: AI Coding Tools (https://ideas.asveas.com/c/ai-coding)
- Tags: claude, ai-agents, workflow, typescript
- Language: TypeScript · License: unknown
- Stars: 155,286 · Forks: 24,910 · Open issues: 16,954
- Last push: 2026-11-11 (today)
- Vibe score: 88/100

## 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.

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

## Quick start
```bash
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code.git
```

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