Unclear. GitHub found no license file, so check the README before reusing the code.

Is claude-code still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change yesterday. Latest release v2.1.319, yesterday.

Can I trust claude-code?

Widely used. 155k stars, 1 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to set up claude-code (anthropics/claude-code) · gitmanual

Assembly instructions

anthropics/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.

Shell scripts

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 154,948
Activity: Updated this month

Before you start

Is it free?: UnclearGitHub found no license file, so check the README before reusing the code.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v2.1.319, yesterday.
Can I trust it?: Widely used155k stars, 1 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Saved setup from 4 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗code.claude.comThe project's own site.

Also: Docs ↗ · In the browser ↗

Download for macOS

v2.1.319 · 11/6/2026 ↗

claude-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Apple Silicon · 144.1 MB · 1,023 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/download/v2.1.319/claude-darwin-arm64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "claude-darwin-arm64.tar.gz"

Other macOS downloads (1)

claude-darwin-x64.tar.gz

tar.gz · Intel · 151.6 MB · 107 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/download/v2.1.319/claude-darwin-x64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "claude-darwin-x64.tar.gz"

Install with a package manager

Homebrew

brew install --cask claude-code

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

Did you get it running?

No reports for macOS yet.

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Opens a chat with this manual already filled in, for macOS. It uses your own account; gitmanual sends nothing.

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Parts list

1×Node.js tool

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Good to know

Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Has CLAUDE.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.

Details

License: Not detected
Open issues: 16,838
Branch: main

Files we read (8)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.github/workflows/auto-close-duplicates.yml

.github/workflows/backfill-duplicate-comments.yml

.github/workflows/claude-dedupe-issues.yml

.github/workflows/claude-issue-triage.yml

.github/workflows/mod-tests.yml

.github/workflows/non-write-users-check.yml

README.md

1,483 files in the repo