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Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by hmokiguess » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC

I built the same thing for myself, but I like your implementation so much better.

Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by ttoinou » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC

baron3dl wrote: post #13

don't people get banned for doing this kind of thing?

A lot of them also don’t get banned, right ? There are vibecoders youtubers switching accounts all the time

So what’s the differenve ?

Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by AlexErrant » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC

bdemirkir wrote: post #17

AlexErrant wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly incompatible with Claude subs.

Subs are supported

Doesn't this require pi, which CC famously bans you for using?

Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by noobmax » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by hassanmehdi98 » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

Is it even safe to switch accounts frequently? worried about them imposing a ban

Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by DobarDabar » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by pdimitar » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 2:47 AM UTC

Cool but I would like to reuse my entire account directory and just switch accounts and nothing else. Now I just do `/logout` and then go through the login flow again because I don't want to lose access to all memories and transcripts.

Is that supported?

Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by hamza_rehman » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC

pdimitar wrote: post #27

Cool but I would like to reuse my entire account directory and just switch accounts and nothing else. Now I just do `/logout` and then go through the login flow again because I don't want to lose access to all memories and transcripts. Is that supported?

No, I kept the whole CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR isolated because I didn’t want it to directly copying or replacing Claude’s credential files. It felt too easy to get wrong

Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by hamza_rehman » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC

swyx wrote: post #20

does this also extend to codex?

Not currently It is specific to Claude Code right now

Re: Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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Post by lukasco » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC

Can you be logged into two accounts at once? It's not the switching, but the different sessions on different accounts that I find myself doing.

As some have said, easy enough to build yourself, but I think it' nice not to have to test it and make sure it works.