Better-Clawd

Claude Code, but better.

Better-Clawd exists because the original had a genuinely great core idea and too many self-inflicted problems around it. This fork keeps what worked, fixes what did not, and gives people real choice over how they log in, which provider they use, and how much of the product they actually want phoning home.

No telemetry. No vendor lock-in. Faster startup, lower idle overhead, and better long-session performance than the original Claude Code. Less corporate baggage.

NPM package

Install

npm install -g better-clawd

Or run it without a global install:

npx better-clawd

Why This Fork Exists

Claude Code had the bones of a best-in-class coding CLI, but too much of the experience was tied to one company, one backend, one set of assumptions, and one way of doing things.

Better-Clawd is the response to that.

It keeps the good parts of the original UX
It removes telemetry and unnecessary phone-home behavior
It supports multiple providers without turning setup into a science project
It improves performance over the original Claude Code, with better startup behavior, less idle background churn, and smoother long sessions
It is easier to inspect, modify, and run on your own terms

Performance

Better-Clawd is intentionally tuned to be leaner than upstream Claude Code:

Lower startup and initialization cost
Less background polling and idle CPU churn
Better memory and render behavior during long transcript-heavy sessions
Focused performance workflow and regression checks in

better-clawd

Better-Clawd

Install

Why This Fork Exists

Performance

Related Skills

What Better-Clawd Changes

Provider Support

Quick Start

Environment Examples

What You Get

Project Direction

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