Show HN: Claude Code rewritten as a bash script

(github.com)

57 points | by rpst 4 days ago ago

19 comments

  • eszed 3 days ago ago

    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?

    • rpst 3 days ago ago

      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

      • WaterRun 3 days ago ago

        Even that TUI is written in React.

        • eszed 2 days ago ago

          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?

  • coolwulf a day ago ago

    I added a new track flight function and you can track any airline in flight.

  • goosethe 2 days ago ago

    comes out to about ~1,000 lines in python as well https://gist.github.com/seanwevans/c9d44aadae9690ec2325bc940...

  • kylex-ken 3 days ago ago

    Claude code written for basic on your Apple II, because it'd be so retro.

    • rpst 3 days ago ago

      I'd love to see it

  • 0xa2 3 days ago ago

    I'd say websearch and webfetch tools are very important but missing here. Great direction though, I also wonder about how much bloat could be eliminated...

    • rpst 3 days ago ago

      agree, I was more focused on bloat than pure utility

  • theidioticdev 3 days ago ago

    ok this is actually impressive, really. idk why no one commented yet

  • malicka 3 days ago ago

    That sure is a lot of lines to avoid using getopts...

    • sudahtigabulan 2 days ago ago

      There seems to be only one possible option, --resume, and only one line is dedicated to handling it...

  • boltyx0 7 hours ago ago

    impressive

  • Imustaskforhelp 3 days ago ago

    I am now waiting for, Claude Code rewritten in assembly project :)

    (Maybe it can be a good project for anyone who works low-level)

    • rpst 3 days ago ago

      we’re going to have a bunch of CC rewritten in <obscure language>

      • kridsdale1 3 days ago ago

        Waiting for Rust.

        • Imustaskforhelp 3 days ago ago

          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...

          • dghong a day ago ago

            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.