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Re: Show HN: Claude Code rewritten as a bash script

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we’re going to have a bunch of CC rewritten in

Waiting for Rust.

Claw-code (reached 100k stars on github and I have made an article about them[0]) are currently re-writing claude-code in rust (they have already ported it to python)

Its worth following: https://github.com/instructkr/claw-code

[0]: my article: https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/claw-code-reaches-100k...

Re: Show HN: Claude Code rewritten as a bash script

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post #8
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How much of this was written using / by Claude? Not hating or snarking, BTW, just curious. Why (especially if the answer above is 'yes' / 'most') do we collectively think Anthropic built such a heavy interface?

all of it, and I think the answer is 1. feature creep 2. a lot of nice-to-haves. the TUI alone is responsible for a lot of bloat

Even that TUI is written in React.

Re: Show HN: Claude Code rewritten as a bash script

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all of it, and I think the answer is 1. feature creep 2. a lot of nice-to-haves. the TUI alone is responsible for a lot of bloat

Even that TUI is written in React.

I know, which seems absurd to me. Like, TUIs are 1) a solved problem, b) performant, and c) right there, on every single computer in the world. (Someone please correct me, to point out that there's some weird OS somewhere that doesn't have a shell, so I can say "Yeah, but does it run Claude?")

Is there an engineering-based reason, or is it that the AI knows React, so it's easier to vibe, and damn the user experience?

Re: Show HN: Claude Code rewritten as a bash script

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Waiting for Rust.

Claw-code (reached 100k stars on github and I have made an article about them[0]) are currently re-writing claude-code in rust (they have already ported it to python) Its worth following: https://github.com/instructkr/claw-code [0]: my article: https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/claw-code-reaches-100k...

This is built by studying the leaked source. "Clean-room rewrite" doesn't mean much when you've read the original first — that's not clean-room, that's copying with extra steps. This is theft, plain and simple.

The stars on the original claw-code repo were earned through the leak, not the work. Riding that wave with another clone doesn't make it original engineering.

Also worth noting: this wasn't submitted as Show HN — it's being promoted through comment threads instead. Make of that what you will.

Real open-source respects both the letter and the spirit of IP law.

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