Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Does openclaude use paid AI services?

Can use Anthropic. Its settings have keys for this paid API. Its README says whether one is required.

Is openclaude still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change yesterday. Latest release v0.34.0, 6 days ago.

Can I trust openclaude?

Some track record. 34k stars, 7 months old, by an organization. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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How to install openclaude on Linux (Twigpine/openclaude) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

Twigpine/openclaude

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Node.js#ai#ai-agent#ai-tools#cli

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
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Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Paid AI services?: Can use AnthropicIts settings have keys for this paid API. Its README says whether one is required.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v0.34.0, 6 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record34k stars, 7 months old, by an organization. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Fresh setup, read just now

Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

The README gives an AUR install for Linux.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗openclaude.twigpine.comThe project's own site.

Heads-upBuilding it yourself? It also needs 1 setting in .env (1 secret).

Install with a package manager

AUR

paru -S openclaude

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

Did you get it running?

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Parts list

1×Node.js 26runtime
1×Bun runtime
1×bun package manager

1× settings in .env

ANTHROPIC_API_KEYsecret

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Good to know

Dockerfile available (base image: node:26-slim).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: vendor/node-domexception-shim/package.json, vscode-extension/openclaude-vscode/package.json, web/package.json

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package.json scripts (58)

buildbun run scripts/build.ts
benchmark:startupnode scripts/benchmark-openclaude-startup.mjs
integrations:generatebun run scripts/generate-integrations-artifacts.ts
integrations:checkbun run scripts/generate-integrations-artifacts.ts --check
devbun run build && node bin/openclaude
dev:profilebun run scripts/provider-launch.ts
dev:profile:fastbun run scripts/provider-launch.ts auto --fast --bare
dev:codexbun run scripts/provider-launch.ts codex
dev:openaibun run scripts/provider-launch.ts openai
dev:geminibun run scripts/provider-launch.ts gemini
dev:ollamabun run scripts/provider-launch.ts ollama
dev:ollama:fastbun run scripts/provider-launch.ts ollama --fast --bare
dev:atomic-chatbun run scripts/provider-launch.ts atomic-chat
profile:initbun run scripts/provider-bootstrap.ts
profile:recommendbun run scripts/provider-recommend.ts
profile:autobun run scripts/provider-recommend.ts --apply
profile:codexbun run profile:init -- --provider codex --model codexplan
profile:fastbun run profile:init -- --provider ollama --model llama3.2:3b
profile:codebun run profile:init -- --provider ollama --model qwen2.5-coder:7b
dev:fastbun run profile:fast && bun run dev:ollama:fast
dev:codebun run profile:code && bun run dev:profile
dev:grpcbun run scripts/start-grpc.ts
dev:grpc:clibun run scripts/grpc-cli.ts
startnode bin/openclaude
web:devbun run --cwd web dev

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CONTRIBUTING.md

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