We installed Claude Code and used it on camera. Not sponsored: we picked it and nobody paid for it.
Claude Code is Anthropic's AI coding agent. In the desktop app's Code tab it reads your project, edits files, runs commands and tests, and shows the result. Chat, a terminal, a browser preview and parallel sessions share one window. We tested it on Linux, where it is in beta.
The good:
• Everything in one app: Claude Code puts chat, a terminal, a browser and teamwork in one app. With the previews, almost all the work happens in one place.
• Many agents at once: The best part is the multi-agents: several sessions, and even agent teams, work in parallel.
• Previews built in: The previews are one of the best parts: the app runs your project in its built-in browser, so you see the result without leaving it.
• Routines and memory: It has routines, which are scheduled runs in the cloud, and built-in memory that it keeps by itself next to CLAUDE.md.
• Other models too: It runs other models too, not only Claude. Ollama even has a one-line start for it, and can connect the desktop app as well, on macOS only. We didn't try either.
The not so good:
• Closed source: The real minus: Claude Code is closed source, so you don't know what's inside. Its licence reads all rights reserved.
• Needs a paid plan: Claude Code needs a paid plan: Pro is 20 dollars a month, and heavy daily use means Max from 100 dollars a month, with 5-hour and weekly limits.
Our verdict: Recommended. Almost all the work happens in one app: several agents at once, a live preview of what they build, a terminal and routines. But it's closed source and needs a paid plan, so you trust Anthropic with what's inside and pay every month.
The full review: https://brethof.ai/reviews/claude-code/
Partly AI-generated: Nova, our host, and her voice are AI; the testing, the verdict and the edit are ours.
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