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Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

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Post by phren0logy »

christiangenco wrote: post #49
kelnos wrote: post #44

I get that some people go that way, but to me, the fact that Claude Code is a standalone terminal app is a strength, not a weakness. I don't really want or need a GUI here. "From Terminal Chaos to Visual Clarity" doesn't resonate with me; terminals to me are simpler and more structured. At most, I've been thinking about installing one of the extensions to integrate Claude Code into (neo)vim, but even that I'm not sur…

I'm with you on desktop but I've been craving some sort of way to interact with Claude Code from my phone while I'm out and about. What I want at the core is to be able to open up access to my laptop's currently running Claude Code instance (without all these hacky backdoors that fork the chat with every message by using `--print`; I want a first class API that lets me append messages to the current chat), then I wan…

I have been using VibeTunnel from the iPad. Probably not good for a phone, but on a slightly larger screen it's great. The tailscale integration makes it super easy.

Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

#53

Post by kelnos »

christiangenco wrote: post #49
kelnos wrote: post #44

I get that some people go that way, but to me, the fact that Claude Code is a standalone terminal app is a strength, not a weakness. I don't really want or need a GUI here. "From Terminal Chaos to Visual Clarity" doesn't resonate with me; terminals to me are simpler and more structured. At most, I've been thinking about installing one of the extensions to integrate Claude Code into (neo)vim, but even that I'm not sur…

I'm with you on desktop but I've been craving some sort of way to interact with Claude Code from my phone while I'm out and about. What I want at the core is to be able to open up access to my laptop's currently running Claude Code instance (without all these hacky backdoors that fork the chat with every message by using `--print`; I want a first class API that lets me append messages to the current chat), then I wan…

What's your use case / use need for this flow? Personally I really do not want to do this sort of thing from my phone. I just can't see "coding" from my phone as anything but clunky and unpleasant, even with an assistant.

(Not to mention that if I only have my phone, I'm probably out doing something where I don't want to be working...)

Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

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Post by mirekrusin »

preommr wrote: post #19
zerealshadowban wrote: post #7

Claudia is open-source, made by a S24 YC company https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/asterisk

I definitely thought this was an anthropic thing that they were trying to spin off into it's own website and app for normies. I am not saying it's infringement, I am just saying that my dumb brain made that connection and I feel like it's not unreasonable to assume that other people might as well.

Same here, first thing I did was to scroll down to see company in the footer and nope... somebody will be receiving legal letters soon I'd guess.

Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

#56

Post by commandar »

raincole wrote: post #48
commandar wrote: post #29

On the one hand, it's good that we're seeing a lot of exploration in this space. On the other, the trend seems to be everyone developing a million disparate tools that largely replicate the same functionality with the primary variation being greater-or-lesser lock-in to a particular set of services. This is about the third tool this week I've taken a quick look at and thought "I don't see what this offers me that I d…

> the trend seems to be everyone developing a million disparate tools Which is super cool. Like during the dawn of web 2.0 we had lots of aggregators and forums instead of "Reddit and others." (I'm not saying it's good UX.)

To be clear: having a diversity of tools is a good thing! I like having options.

My complaint is more that right now it feels like everybody is rushing to fill the exact same space with the exact same feature sets.

It's resulting in a lot of superficial diversity that's functionally homogenous. I want to see more applications that are pushing the capabilities of current AI tooling in creative directions.

Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

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Post by paulcole »

> Claudia's Features: Everything You Need, Beautifully Designed

I’d really love to know what specifically about this is beautiful.

Steve Jobs says it and for 20+ years every tech bro parrots it mindlessly. “Oh do I think I did a good job on this? It must be beautifully designed.”

Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

#58

Post by breakfastduck »

commandar wrote: post #41
rovr138 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not tied to VSCode is a big one for me. This one is agnostic. Continue.dev has some features, but it’s on VSCode and Jetbrains

If you're opposed to using VSCode for whatever reason, that's reasonable. Though, for me personally, the fact that it only lets you use Claude Code strikes me as a much larger negative on net. It's not at all agnostic in terms of AI provider. That said, VSCode is a popular platform for this for exactly the reason I think consolidation is eventually inevitable: it's got a huge preexisting ecosystem. There are extensio…

There are lots and lots and lots of us that don't like using VSCode, want to use our own IDE of choice and use Claude Code. Terminal / standalone app is best for me there or even better an IDE plugin.

A tiny island is fine for a tool like this - not everything needs an 'ecosystem'.

Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

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Post by dvno42 »

kelnos wrote: post #53
christiangenco wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm with you on desktop but I've been craving some sort of way to interact with Claude Code from my phone while I'm out and about. What I want at the core is to be able to open up access to my laptop's currently running Claude Code instance (without all these hacky backdoors that fork the chat with every message by using `--print`; I want a first class API that lets me append messages to the current chat), then I wan…

What's your use case / use need for this flow? Personally I really do not want to do this sort of thing from my phone. I just can't see "coding" from my phone as anything but clunky and unpleasant, even with an assistant. (Not to mention that if I only have my phone, I'm probably out doing something where I don't want to be working...)

Similar request as the parent, my use case is I setup a long prompt/task and like to go for a walk around the block to get my legs moving. Being able to "move the llm along" and make small modifications from my phone would be nice. Personally, I'd never do a long session that way but the chance to move my legs while it does a long task but not get stuck on a simple question in the claude tool would be lovely.

Re: Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code

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Post by jelambs »

interesting, does it let you manage multiple claude code agents without having to spin up different git worktrees? we were discussing the other day how that's an annoying limitation of claude code compared to codex, and the friction in having to manage those different worktrees feels just not quite worth it.
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