Claw Code

[jamesrochabrun]

Display Name

Claw Code

Category

Tooling

Sub-Category

Tooling: IDE Integrations

Primary Link

https://github.com/jamesrochabrun/Claw

Secondary Link

No response

Author Name

James Rochabrun

Author Link

https://github.com/jamesrochabrun

License

MIT

Other License

No response

Description

A friendly macOS app for Claude Code

Additional Comments

This app uses Claude Code SDK to bring most of the well known features from Claude Code to a macOS app. In addition uses accessibility API to inspect Xcode workspaces making it a great tool for iOS engineers.

Submission Checklist

• I have checked that this resource hasn't already been submitted
• My resource provides genuine value to Claude Code users, and any risks are clearly stated
• All provided links are working and publicly accessible
• I am submitting only ONE resource in this issue
• I understand that low-quality or duplicate submissions may be rejected

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[hesreallyhim]

Thanks @jamesrochabrun I just took a quick glance, looks really cool, I like the look and feel of it, and I'm sure you've put a lot of work into it. Before I do a deep dive, can I ask are you planning to submit this to the app store? I only ask because I assume this requires some escalated privileges on the user's machine... and even though it looks like you are getting it notarized, I don't have any idea about the security, privacy, telemetry, data collection, etc., and I'm not qualified to give it an audit. I'm sure going through the app store is a PITA, but this is probably a blocker for me to install it on my machine, so do let me know if that's something on your immediate roadmap. Thanks, man, looks really sweet.

[jamesrochabrun]

No worries, I understand, there are no plans to release on the appstore as this app has set sandboxed to false to be able to use Accessibility API's to read Xcode. I understand if that is a blocker. Thanks for your response!

[hesreallyhim]

@jamesrochabrun i wanted to start a category for "alternative clients" (mobile and web), but I can't put my name on something unless I or someone preferably more credentialed has vetted it - how would you feel about being listed under "Alternative Clients" but with a clear notice like "WARNING: use at your own risk" type of thing? idk i imagine some people might not like that, so I wanted to check but that's the best compromise I can think of right now, I wanted to include Omnara too and i think this is a cool category that might be awesome I just thinking about how to juggle those concerns

[hesreallyhim]

hi @jamesrochabrun are you able to at least get it notarized? I decided I'd like to include some of the "Alternative Clients" that people have submitted and which are also really hard to review if they're not through the Apple Store, but I'd like to include them anyway with maybe a light warning note about that category, your app looks really cool but I had a hard time telling from the README exactly what it does since it's mostly video and not text, so let me know what you think about those two suggestions, and I think these are interesting enough to people that they're worth sharing with an advisory that you know they're very powerful and require caution, etc.