anthropics/claude-code
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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.
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# Claude Code  [![npm]](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@anthropic-ai/claude-code) [npm]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@anthropic-ai/claude-code.svg?style=flat-square 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](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview)**. <img src="./demo.gif" /> ## Get started > [!NOTE] > Installation via npm is deprecated. Use one of the recommended methods below. For more installation options, uninstall steps, and troubleshooting, see the [setup documentation](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/setup). 1. Install Claude Code: