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[dead] 7 months ago

For those who forgot to bring sparklers, didn’t buy fireworks, or simply prefer a digital experience.

Happy New Year 2026!

I predict we will be able to use useful enough models on our own consumer machines with decent tokens per second and we will see an open source alternative to Claude Code using this setup, essentially making agentic vibe coding free.

[dead] 8 months ago

Hi all,

I just finished adding support for Windows in the latest version of Claude Owl (it also supports MacOS).

I've (mostly) vibe-coded this Electron App with the goal of making most of Claude Code. I found having to configure so many various settings from the terminal overwhelming and hard.

I've also recently added metrics showing you your daily usage, tokens generated, model usage and more.

The project is open source and completely free https://github.com/antonbelev/claude-owl

Full features list with screenshots you can find here https://antonbelev.github.io/claude-owl/screenshots.html.

The tool is still in Beta, so there will be warnings on Mac and Windows if you try installing the binaries since they are not signed, that's expected (see installation guide).

What you can do as a user is - fork the repo and run it locally with

`npm run dev:electron` in case you prefer not to download the binaries.

I'd love your feedback!

[dead] 8 months ago

I started working on Claude Owl last week as a personal project to stop manually editing JSON files whenever I need to tweak Claude Code settings. Basically, it's an Electron app that gives you a visual interface for managing agents, skills, hooks, debug logs, and permissions rules instead of doing it all in your text editor.

At first it was just for me, but I figured why not throw it on GitHub and see what people think. It's MIT licensed and fully open source: https://github.com/antonbelev/claude-owl

## Current state

Pretty functional on macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon). I built out: - Subagents manager (create/edit/delete with custom system prompts) - Settings editor (environment variables, permissions rules, core config) - Skills & plugins browser - Debug logs viewer - Hooks manager (read-only)

## Honest caveats

- Only tested on macOS – Windows/Linux support is on my radar but haven't touched it yet - It's mostly "vibe-coded" – built to solve my own pain points. Code quality is decent but it's not enterprise-grade - Still in beta, still iterating

## What I'm actually asking

- Would you find this tool useful too? - What are your biggest pain points in configuration management for Claude Code? - What features or ideas would you want me to add if you were to use Claude Owl?

Appreciate your feedback.

Anton

Claude outage 9 months ago

OAuth handshake still gives internal server errors when you try to /login from Claude Code

Claude outage 9 months ago

My auth token expired and when I type /login in Claude Code it leads me to a webpage showing:

OAuth Request Failed Internal server error

I'm using it as a leverage for my side-project ideas. I was making excuses not to make open-source projects for years because of not having enough time.

Last week alone I launched two mini side projects, apparently using "code vibing" technique. Didn't know what I was doing had a name. - https://github.com/antonbelev/llm-fuse and https://github.com/antonbelev/hexo-bluesky-feed if you are interested.

I feel LLMs open the productivity door for me. Especially, outside my day-to-day work.

Yes, the tools I've built are not using the best practise, they may have little bugs here and there, but at least I can iterate quickly over my ideas, and get something out there.

So far I'm focusing on tools which I know at least I will be using for my personal blog.