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Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and runs tasks, edits and git workflows via natural language. Claude models only.

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Overview

Claude Code — Overview
VendorAnthropic
LicenseProprietaryPublic repo (docs/SDK) is MIT-licensed, but the agent itself is Anthropic-proprietary and vendor-distributed
Latest version2.1.246npm registry, checked 2026-08-26.
GitHub stars133000APPROX snapshot
Language—Repo reports Python; distributed CLI is a native binary/Node — clarify
InterfaceCLI, SDK, IDE extensionTerminal + Agent SDK + IDE integrations (VS Code/JetBrains)
PricingUsage-basedAnthropic subscription or API usage; vendor-locked, no BYO model

Agent capabilities

Claude Code — Agent capabilities
TopologySingle agentSupports spawning subagents (Task tool)
Planning—
Tool callingNative function callingNative + MCP
ExtensibilityMcp servers, Hooks, SDK, PluginsSkills, hooks, MCP, Agent SDK
MemoryConversation buffer, Persistent dbCLAUDE.md / memory files
Code executionNative
Browser/computer useVia pluginVia MCP / computer-use tools
MCPNativeMCP registry
MultimodalText, Vision, File

Models

Claude Code — Models
Model-agnosticNo
ProvidersAnthropic, AWS Bedrock, GoogleClaude models via Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, or Google Vertex only
Local modelsNone
BYO keyYesAnthropic API key or subscription

Self-hosting

Claude Code — Self-hosting
Self-host difficultyEasyFIRST-PARTY: 'hosting' = running the client on a VPS — Node 22 + npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code + Anthropic API key (the exact steps our preset runs)
DeployNative, BinaryInstalls via curl/brew/winget; confirm first-party
ScalingSingle process
Config complexityTrivialFIRST-PARTY: measured on a DigitalOcean s-1vcpu-1gb (1 vCPU / 1 GB, Ubuntu 22.04), harness run 20260826-195645, 2026-08-26. The whole install is Node 22 plus a single global npm package, no config file and no service unit; the only configuration is an API key. Completed in under our 60s polling resolution.
Min vCPU (measured)1 vCPUFIRST-PARTY: measured on a DigitalOcean s-1vcpu-1gb (1 vCPU / 1 GB, Ubuntu 22.04), harness run 20260826-195645, 2026-08-26. Installed and verified on a single vCPU.
Min RAM (measured)1 GBFIRST-PARTY: measured on a DigitalOcean s-1vcpu-1gb (1 vCPU / 1 GB, Ubuntu 22.04), harness run 20260826-195645, 2026-08-26. Proven on a 1 GB box. Caveat worth reading before using this number: our harness installs and verifies claude-code but never drives a session, so this is the floor for having it installed and ready, not for a running task.
Idle RAM (measured)None residentFIRST-PARTY: measured on a DigitalOcean s-1vcpu-1gb (1 vCPU / 1 GB, Ubuntu 22.04), harness run 20260826-195645, 2026-08-26. Genuinely zero, and that is the finding: nothing belonging to claude-code is resident. It is invoked per session rather than run as a service, so an idle box carries only the OS (357 MB total here, of which ~68 MB is our own agent and ~50 MB Caddy). Contrast openclaw and hermes, which hold a gateway process open.
Infra costVery lowFIRST-PARTY: measured on a DigitalOcean s-1vcpu-1gb (1 vCPU / 1 GB, Ubuntu 22.04), harness run 20260826-195645, 2026-08-26. No resident process means no standing cost beyond the box itself; it can share a host with anything else.
One-click on AgentOceanYesFIRST-PARTY: production install preset in src/lib/products.ts (id: claude-code); BYO Anthropic key

Project health

Claude Code — Project health
MaturityProduction
MaintenanceActive
Release cadenceWeeklyEstimate; ships frequently
DocsExcellent
CommunityLarge

A dash (—) marks a value we have not yet verified first-hand. Record last verified 2026-06-17.

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