Claude Code

Overview

Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool. It understands your codebase, edits files, runs commands and helps you ship features, working from your terminal, IDE and other surfaces.

Rather than suggesting one line at a time, you describe a task and it plans the change, edits multiple files and runs tests or builds to check its work. For game developers and vibe coders, that makes it useful for larger refactors, tooling scripts and web or engine projects.

Key features

• Reads and understands an entire codebase
• Edits multiple files and runs shell commands
• Works in the terminal and in IDEs
• Plans changes before making them
• Extensible with plugins, skills and connectors

Use it for

Pricing

Claude Code requires a paid Claude subscription (Pro or Max) or pay-as-you-go API usage; see Anthropic's pricing page for current prices.

Getting started

Install Claude Code from Anthropic's site and sign in with a Claude account or API key.

Open Claude Code

Alternatives

CursorAI-first code editor with an agent that edits across your codebase.GitHub CopilotAI pair programmer in VS Code, Visual Studio and JetBrains IDEs.Universal ModderOpen-source toolkit that teaches AI coding agents how to mod PC games you own.