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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.

    cli
    TypeScript
    154.9K stars
    25.6K forks
    902 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 8, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #7 among CLI repositories ranked this week, and #8 over the last 30 days; #76 of 189 repositories with measured growth this week (top 40%).

    This week's +860 stars is below its 30-day pace of about +1,182 per week.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 56 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #1 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 5, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an AI-powered terminal tool that understands your codebase and executes coding tasks via natural language commands.
    • Enables faster coding by automating routine tasks, explaining complex code, and managing git workflows without leaving the terminal.
    • Use for accelerating development by automating repetitive coding and git operations directly from the command line.
    • Use for gaining quick explanations of unfamiliar or complex code sections to improve code comprehension.
    • Use for integrating AI-assisted coding workflows seamlessly into IDEs or GitHub by tagging @claude for contextual help.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

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    • README: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    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.

    Learn more in the official documentation.

    We welcome your feedback. Use the /bug command to report issues directly within Claude Code, or file a GitHub issue.

    Excerpt from the anthropics/claude-code README on GitHub. © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Aug 13: +64Aug 19: +95Aug 20: +144Aug 29: +85Sep 2: +124Sep 3: +56Sep 4: +210Sep 5: +54Sep 17: +526Sep 18: +286Sep 19: +440Sep 20: +397Sep 21: +419Sep 22: +186Sep 23: +156Sep 24: +153Sep 25: +136Sep 26: +114Sep 27: +136Sep 28: +140Oct 2: +114Oct 3: +199Oct 4: +250Oct 5: +99Oct 6: +104Oct 7: +133Oct 8: -40Oct 9: +148Oct 10: +183Oct 11: +163Oct 12: +83Oct 13: +168Oct 14: +214Oct 15: +229Oct 16: +188Oct 17: +178Oct 18: +507Oct 19: +501Oct 20: +399Oct 21: -7Oct 22: +106Oct 23: +164Oct 24: +254

    +13,696 stars over 88 days across 51 snapshot days; best day +526 on Sep 17.

    Forks

    25.6K+2.9K

    Open issues

    16.8K+888

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