Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again

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21 points | by hamza_rehman 3 hours ago

8 comments

  • carloslfu 55 minutes ago
    appreciate you building this! I have two Claude max accounts. The way I do it is that I have two app launchers (claude desktop). I use the desktop app and a different data directory for each launcher like `open -n -a /Applications/Claude.app --args --user-data-dir="<its profile directory>"`. I got my first Claude to make me two different launchers for the two apps, and it's been working perfectly. wdyt?

    The only problem I've noticed is with Claude in Chrome. It seems to not work well in the second account. And this makes sense because it was designed just for one app. Do you find yourself having the same problem with this setup? have you tried the second one with the Claude in Chrome ext?

  • pwython 29 minutes ago
    I use the Claude Code desktop app for work, and the CLI for personal, so I'm always logged into both accounts!
  • pandoro 1 hour ago
    I use this: https://gist.github.com/KMJ-007/0979814968722051620461ab2aa0...

    Simple and works great but requires one alias per account

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    • cowlby 1 hour ago
      This is great. My enhancement was to create a .claude-profile file which specifies the account alias. "claude" can be aliased to read the file, set the correct env var, and launch claude.

      Another benefit was if no .claude-profile file exists, claude refuses to launch.

    • orliesaurus 1 hour ago
      simple and easy - thank you
  • dotancohen 1 hour ago
    Does it share the global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md file? For some use case I'd like that, for others it could be problematic.
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    • cute_boi 1 hour ago
      Do you expect vibe-coded slop to care about such things? Also, there's already another app, https://github.com/realiti4/claude-swap, which is also vibe-coded, but it's maintained and tested.
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      • dotancohen 36 minutes ago 

          > Do you expect vibe-coded slop to care about such things?
        I'm divorced - I no longer have any expectations. I ask.
      • carloslfu 55 minutes ago
        thanks for sharing this one!
  • acuteaura 1 hour ago
    revolutionary. you can do this with 2 lines of shell code.

    i do this: https://github.com/acuteaura/universe/blob/main/overlays/cla...

  • baron3dl 39 minutes ago
    don't people get banned for doing this kind of thing?
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    • rew0rk 5 minutes ago
      The threat of account bans and a less than friendly appeal system does make me wary of trying it, even though this would be incredibly useful.
    • dpoloncsak 35 minutes ago
      If it's honestly 'One account is paid for by my employer and used as a tool for my job' and 'One account is for personal use, where I work on passion-projects and the likes' I think it's fine....? Not a lawyer but I'd assume as long as you're not using it to bypass usage limits Anthropic wouldn't even really notice or care.
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      • baron3dl 9 minutes ago
        not sure law matters, anthropic is draconian about bans/appeals.
  • bdemirkir 1 hour ago
    Or use https://omp.sh and add multiple accounts. omp tracks usage and when limit is reached it uses the next account.
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  • brentmitchell25 1 hour ago
    Another way for those who use mise. You can auto-switch accounts by directory:

    ~/development/account1/mise.toml:

    [env]

    CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = "{{ env.HOME }}/.claude-account1"