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winfunc/opcode

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TLDR

A desktop app that wraps Claude Code (Anthropic's AI coding assistant) with a visual interface for managing sessions, agents, API usage, and checkpoints.

Mindmap

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  root((opcode))
    What it does
      Session browser
      Agent creator
      Usage dashboard
      MCP manager
    Key features
      Checkpoint system
      Timeline navigation
      Search history
      Export analytics
    Tech stack
      Tauri 2
      TypeScript
      Rust backend
    Use cases
      Track API costs
      Resume past work
      Build custom agents
      Manage extensions
    Audience
      AI developers
      Vibe coders
      Power users

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Track and visualize your Claude API spending across projects and models with charts and export options.

USE CASE 2

Resume interrupted coding sessions and search through past Claude Code work without losing context.

USE CASE 3

Create and run custom AI agents with specific instructions and behaviors as background processes.

USE CASE 4

Save checkpoints during coding sessions and jump back to earlier states like version control for AI work.

Tech stack

TypeScriptTauri 2RustJavaScript

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Anthropic API key and Tauri/Rust build toolchain setup.

Use it freely, but if you run it as a network service, you must release your changes to users. Strongest copyleft for SaaS.

In plain English

opcode is a desktop application that wraps Claude Code, Anthropic's command-line AI coding assistant, in a visual user interface. The README describes it as a "command center" that bridges the gap between using Claude Code in a terminal and a graphical experience designed to make AI-assisted development more intuitive. The project is built with Tauri 2, a framework for building native desktop apps with web technologies, with TypeScript on the front end and Rust on the back end. The application gives you a visual browser for your Claude Code projects and previous sessions, letting you search, open, and resume past coding conversations with their full context. A feature called CC Agents lets you create custom specialised assistants, each with its own name, system prompt, model choice, and permission settings for file access and network use, and run them as background processes so the main app stays responsive. Every run is logged with timing and cost information. A usage analytics dashboard tracks your API spend and token consumption, broken down by model, by project, and over time, with charts and exportable data. There is a manager for MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, including the ability to import server configurations from Claude Desktop. A timeline feature lets you create checkpoints during a coding session, jump back to any of them with one click, fork a session into a new branch, and diff what changed between checkpoints. A built-in editor with live preview and syntax highlighting helps you manage CLAUDE.md project-instruction files. The README notes that opcode is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. It requires the Claude Code CLI to be installed separately. The full README is longer than what was provided.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How do I set up opcode to manage my Claude Code sessions and track API usage?
Prompt 2
Show me how to create a custom agent in opcode with specific instructions and run it as a background process.
Prompt 3
How do I use the checkpoint and timeline system in opcode to save and restore coding session states?
Prompt 4
What are MCP servers in opcode and how do I add them to extend Claude Code's capabilities?
Prompt 5
How do I export my API usage analytics from opcode's dashboard?
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