open-claude-cowork-whole-last.mov
A desktop AI assistant that helps you with programming, file management, and any task you can describe.
It is fully compatible with the exact same configuration as Claude Code, which means you can run it with any Anthropic-compatible large language model.
✨ No Claude Max subscription required - Supports any Anthropic-compatible API model, including Zhipu GLM 4.7, MiniMax 2.1, Moonshot Kimi, DeepSeek, and more.
Not just a GUI.
A real AI collaboration partner.
No need to learn the Claude Agent SDK — just create tasks and choose execution paths.
Claude Code is powerful — but it only runs in the terminal.
That means:
- ❌ No visual feedback for complex tasks
- ❌ Hard to track multiple sessions
- ❌ Tool outputs are inconvenient to inspect
Open Claude Cowork solves these problems:
- 🖥️ Runs as a native desktop application
- 🤖 Acts as your AI collaboration partner for any task
- 🔁 Reuses your existing
~/.claude/settings.json - 🧠 100% compatible with Claude Code
If Claude Code works on your machine —
Open Claude Cowork works too.
💡 Tip: This app is fully compatible with Claude Code configuration. No Claude Max subscription needed - you can use Zhipu GLM, MiniMax, Kimi, DeepSeek, or any other Anthropic-compatible API model.
Before using Open Claude Cowork, make sure Claude Code is installed and properly configured.
- Bun or Node.js 22+
- Claude Code installed and authenticated
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/caiqinghua/open-claude-cowork.git
cd open-claude-cowork
# Install dependencies
bun install
# Configure environment (copy .env.example to .env)
cp .env.example .env
# Run in development mode
bun run dev
# Or build production binaries
bun run dist:mac # macOS
bun run dist:win # Windows
bun run dist:linux # LinuxOpen Claude Cowork is your AI partner that can:
- Write and edit code — in any programming language
- Manage files — create, move, and organize
- Create PPTs — generate presentation content and structure
- Topic analysis — in-depth analysis of research themes and directions
- Article writing — write various types of articles and documents
- Do anything — as long as you can describe it in natural language
- Create sessions with custom working directories
- Resume any previous conversation
- Complete local session history (stored in SQLite)
- Safe deletion and automatic persistence
- Token-by-token streaming output
- View Claude’s reasoning process
- Markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code
- Visualized tool calls with status indicators
- Explicit approval required for sensitive actions
- Allow or deny per tool
- Interactive decision panels
- Full control over what Claude is allowed to do
Open Claude Cowork shares configuration with Claude Code.
It directly reuses:
text ~/.claude/settings.json
This means:
- Same API keys
- Same base URL
- Same models
- Same behavior
Supported models include:
- Zhipu GLM 4.7
- MiniMax 2.1
- Moonshot Kimi
- DeepSeek
- All other Anthropic-compatible API models
Configure Claude Code once — use it everywhere.
If you encounter an error like:
Error: The module was compiled against a different Node.js version using
NODE_MODULE_VERSION 127. This version of Node.js requires NODE_MODULE_VERSION 140.
This happens because Electron bundles its own Node.js version and native modules need to be recompiled for it.
Solution:
# Install electron-rebuild as a dev dependency
npm install --save-dev electron-rebuild
# Rebuild better-sqlite3 for Electron
npx electron-rebuild -f -w better-sqlite3
# Run the app again
bun run devThis ensures that native modules are compiled against Electron's Node.js version rather than your system's Node.js version.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Framework | Electron 39 |
| Frontend | React 19, Tailwind CSS 4 |
| State Management | Zustand |
| Database | better-sqlite3 (WAL mode) |
| AI | @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk |
| Build | Vite, electron-builder |
bash
bun run dev
bun run build
Planned features:
- GUI-based configuration for models and API keys
- 🚧 More features coming soon
Pull requests are welcome.
- Fork this repository
- Create your feature branch
- Commit your changes
- Open a Pull Request
If you’ve ever wanted:
- A persistent desktop AI collaboration partner
- Visual insight into how Claude works
- Convenient session management across projects
This project is built for you.
👉 If it helps you, please give it a Star.
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