openclaude

Name: openclaude
Author: Gitlawb

by Gitlawb

Verified

runs anywhere. uses anything

29,915stars

8,869forks

TypeScript

Added 4/30/2026

Installation

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/Gitlawb/openclaude

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Security ReportVerified

Last scanned: 4/30/2026

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      "type": "npm-audit",
      "message": "@anthropic-ai/sdk: Claude SDK for TypeScript has Insecure Default File Permissions in Local Filesystem Memory Tool",
      "severity": "medium"
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    {
      "type": "npm-audit",
      "message": "@mendable/firecrawl-js: Vulnerability found",
      "severity": "medium"
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    {
      "type": "npm-audit",
      "message": "axios: Axios has a NO_PROXY Hostname Normalization Bypass that Leads to SSRF",
      "severity": "medium"
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    {
      "type": "npm-audit",
      "message": "gaxios: Vulnerability found",
      "severity": "medium"
    },
    {
      "type": "npm-audit",
      "message": "uuid: uuid: Missing buffer bounds check in v3/v5/v6 when buf is provided",
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  "scannedAt": "2026-04-30T06:27:25.529Z",
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README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is openclaude?

openclaude is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by Gitlawb. runs anywhere. uses anything. It has 29,915 GitHub stars.

Is openclaude safe to use?

Yes. openclaude passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install openclaude?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/Gitlawb/openclaude" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is openclaude written in?

openclaude is primarily written in TypeScript. It is open-source under Gitlawb on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to openclaude?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh openclaude against similar tools.

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OpenClaude is an open-source coding-agent CLI for cloud and local model providers.

Use OpenAI-compatible APIs, Gemini, GitHub Models, Codex OAuth, Codex, Ollama, Atomic Chat, and other supported backends while keeping one terminal-first workflow: prompts, tools, agents, MCP, slash commands, and streaming output.

OpenClaude is also mirrored to GitLawb: gitlawb.com/node/repos/z6MkqDnb/openclaude

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Why OpenClaude

Use one CLI across cloud APIs and local model backends
Save provider profiles inside the app with /provider
Run with OpenAI-compatible services, Gemini, GitHub Models, Codex OAuth, Codex, Ollama, Atomic Chat, and other supported providers
Keep coding-agent workflows in one place: bash, file tools, grep, glob, agents, tasks, MCP, and web tools
Use the bundled VS Code extension for launch integration and theme support

Quick Start

Install

OpenClaude requires Node.js >=22.0.0 for npm installs and runtime. Bun is only needed for source builds and local development.

npm install -g @gitlawb/openclaude@latest

If you're on Arch Linux, you can install OpenClaude from the community-maintained AUR package:

paru -S openclaude

If the install later reports ripgrep not found, install ripgrep system-wide and confirm rg --version works in the same terminal before starting OpenClaude.

Verify / troubleshoot installed version:

openclaude --version
npm view @gitlawb/openclaude dist-tags
npm install -g @gitlawb/openclaude@latest

Start

openclaude

Inside OpenClaude:

run /provider for guided provider setup and saved profiles
run /onboard-github for GitHub Models onboarding

Note: OpenClaude does not automatically load project .env files. We recommend using the /provider command for setup, which saves provider profiles and credentials in .openclaude-profile.json. If you prefer environment variables, export them explicitly or run openclaude --provider-env-file .env for provider/setup variables. Export runtime/debug knobs from your shell or launcher.

Resume or fork a conversation

Resume an existing conversation by session ID, or continue the most recent conversation in the current directory:

openclaude --resume <session-id>
openclaude --continue

Add --fork-session to branch the conversation history into a new session ID instead of reusing the original transcript:

openclaude --resume <session-id> --fork-session
openclaude --continue --fork-session

Forking is conversation branching only. It does not create filesystem isolation, copy your working tree, or create a git worktree branch.

Background sessions

Run long non-interactive prompts detached from the current terminal:

openclaude --bg "fix failing tests"
openclaude --bg --name auth-refactor "refactor auth middleware"
openclaude ps
openclaude logs auth-refactor
openclaude logs auth-refactor -f
openclaude kill auth-refactor

Background sessions are local child processes. OpenClaude does not start a daemon or network service, and permission/provider/model/settings flags are passed to the child process the same way they are for a foreground --print run. Session metadata and logs are stored under the resolved OpenClaude config directory, usually ~/.openclaude/bg-sessions/; OPENCLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR can point OpenClaude somewhere else. CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR is ignored for OpenClaude background-session storage. Session names can be reused after older sessions reach a terminal state; use the session ID to inspect older logs with the same name.

openclaude attach <id-or-name> currently reports the matching session and points to openclaude logs <id> -f; full terminal reattach is not implemented for local background sessions yet.

OpenClaude config cutover

OpenClaude stores its own config under ~/.openclaude and ~/.openclaude.json by default. It does not read ~/.claude, project .claude/ directories, or CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR; new users can start with an empty OpenClaude config and do not need Claude Code installed.

If you previously used OpenClaude with .claude paths, migrate intentionally: copy only the settings, commands, agents, skills, scheduled tasks, or other files you personally created for OpenClaude into the matching .openclaude location. Do not blanket-copy .claude, and do not copy Claude Code credentials or auth files. For provider authentication, prefer running OpenClaude's provider setup again or exporting provider-specific environment variables.

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macOS / Linux:

export CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI=1
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key-here
export OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-4o

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Windows PowerShell:

$env:CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI="1"
$env:OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-your-key-here"
$env:OPENAI_MODEL="gpt-4o"

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