# Claude Code

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.

Repository: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/claude-code
Homepage: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:06:39+00:00
Link (homepage): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview
Link (site_page): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agents
Link (site_page): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/admin-setup
Link (site_page): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/settings
Link (site_page): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 39
- inputs: {"age_days": 557, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 200}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 143092, forks 22894 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:24.330887+00:00)

## What it is
Claude Code is an agentic coding assistant from Anthropic that runs in the terminal (and IDE, desktop, and web), reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands, and handles git workflows via natural language. It also ships an Agent SDK (Python/TypeScript) and a plugin system for building custom agents and extending functionality.

## Use cases
- refactor code across multiple files with natural language
- fix bugs and explain unfamiliar code in my repo
- automate git workflows like commits and pull requests
- run parallel coding agents on background tasks
- build custom AI coding agents with the Agent SDK
- audit a large codebase or run a multi-file migration
- enforce org policy and manage Claude Code deployments for a team

## When to choose
- you want an AI pair programmer that works directly in your terminal or IDE
- you need an agent that can read, edit, and run commands across your whole codebase
- you want to build production agents on top of a proven tool loop via the Agent SDK
- your team needs managed, policy-controlled AI coding assistance

## When to avoid
- you need a fully open-source tool with no Anthropic account or subscription
- you want offline or self-hosted LLM inference without third-party providers
- you cannot accept Anthropic's commercial terms or data collection policies
- you only need simple autocomplete-style code completion rather than agentic task execution

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, cli, developer-tools, llm-inference, prompt-engineering
- domain: developer-tools, artificial-intelligence
- platform: cli, windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: agentic-coding, coding-assistant, terminal-ai, git-workflows, ide-integration, subagents, anthropic, claude, command-line, ai-agents, automation, macos, linux, nodejs

## Member repositories
- anthropics/claude-code (main) score 83
- anthropics/claude-plugins-official (plugin) score 61
- anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins (plugin) score 60
- anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos (examples) score 50
- anthropics/claude-plugins-community (mirror) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.330887+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:11:05.387541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.330887+00:00, sha aa0d8b80ac08)
  - homepage: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:55.993882+00:00, sha e2a82966025d)
  - site_page: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agents (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.005413+00:00, sha 11bcb1701b82)
  - site_page: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/admin-setup (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.007354+00:00, sha 4765faa18b1b)
  - site_page: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/settings (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.009510+00:00, sha 7e11a7bee573)
  - site_page: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.011979+00:00, sha f64f7ca804f2)
  - site_page: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.014576+00:00, sha dad523b4ce54)
  - site_page: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.016340+00:00, sha 1a7a8e670ff1)
  - site_page: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.018222+00:00, sha 64f1bcaa8bed)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/claude-code (fetched 2026-08-28T17:25:56.019698+00:00, sha 0eeca911af08)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.