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carloslfu 24 hours ago [-]
appreciate you building this! I have two Claude max accounts. The way I do it is that I have two app launchers (claude desktop). I use the desktop app and a different data directory for each launcher like `open -n -a /Applications/Claude.app --args --user-data-dir="<its profile directory>"`. I got my first Claude to make me two different launchers for the two apps, and it's been working perfectly. wdyt?
The only problem I've noticed is with Claude in Chrome. It seems to not work well in the second account. And this makes sense because it was designed just for one app. Do you find yourself having the same problem with this setup? have you tried the second one with the Claude in Chrome ext?
Simple and works great but requires one alias per account
cowlby 1 days ago [-]
This is great. My enhancement was to create a .claude-profile file which specifies the account alias. "claude" can be aliased to read the file, set the correct env var, and launch claude.
Another benefit was if no .claude-profile file exists, claude refuses to launch.
orliesaurus 1 days ago [-]
simple and easy - thank you
lukasco 5 hours ago [-]
Can you be logged into two accounts at once? It's not the switching, but the different sessions on different accounts that I find myself doing.
As some have said, easy enough to build yourself, but I think it' nice not to have to test it and make sure it works.
hamza_rehman 2 hours ago [-]
Yep, that’s supported. Switching only affects newly started Claude processes, so you can keep work open in one terminal and personal in another using claude account
spk_ 4 hours ago [-]
Yes, you can, just need to set a separate config dir. I have the below in my zshrc.
alias claude-personal='CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=~/.claude-personal claude'
hassanmehdi98 20 hours ago [-]
Is it even safe to switch accounts frequently? worried about them imposing a ban
pdimitar 14 hours ago [-]
Cool but I would like to reuse my entire account directory and just switch accounts and nothing else. Now I just do `/logout` and then go through the login flow again because I don't want to lose access to all memories and transcripts.
Is that supported?
hamza_rehman 8 hours ago [-]
No, I kept the whole CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR isolated because I didn’t want it to directly copying or replacing Claude’s credential files.
It felt too easy to get wrong
dotancohen 1 days ago [-]
Does it share the global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md file? For some use case I'd like that, for others it could be problematic.
cute_boi 1 days ago [-]
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dotancohen 24 hours ago [-]
> Do you expect vibe-coded slop to care about such things?
I'm divorced - I no longer have any expectations. I ask.
carloslfu 24 hours ago [-]
thanks for sharing this one!
hmokiguess 22 hours ago [-]
I built the same thing for myself, but I like your implementation so much better.
bdemirkir 1 days ago [-]
Or use https://omp.sh and add multiple accounts. omp tracks usage and when limit is reached it uses the next account.
AlexErrant 1 days ago [-]
Sadly incompatible with Claude subs.
bdemirkir 23 hours ago [-]
Subs are supported
AlexErrant 22 hours ago [-]
Doesn't this require pi, which CC famously bans you for using?
baron3dl 24 hours ago [-]
don't people get banned for doing this kind of thing?
rew0rk 23 hours ago [-]
The threat of account bans and a less than friendly appeal system does make me wary of trying it, even though this would be incredibly useful.
ttoinou 22 hours ago [-]
A lot of them also don’t get banned, right ? There are vibecoders youtubers switching accounts all the time
So what’s the differenve ?
dpoloncsak 23 hours ago [-]
If it's honestly 'One account is paid for by my employer and used as a tool for my job' and 'One account is for personal use, where I work on passion-projects and the likes' I think it's fine....? Not a lawyer but I'd assume as long as you're not using it to bypass usage limits Anthropic wouldn't even really notice or care.
baron3dl 23 hours ago [-]
not sure law matters, anthropic is draconian about bans/appeals.
pwython 23 hours ago [-]
I use the Claude Code desktop app for work, and the CLI for personal, so I'm always logged into both accounts!
brentmitchell25 1 days ago [-]
Another way for those who use mise. You can auto-switch accounts by directory:
The only problem I've noticed is with Claude in Chrome. It seems to not work well in the second account. And this makes sense because it was designed just for one app. Do you find yourself having the same problem with this setup? have you tried the second one with the Claude in Chrome ext?
Simple and works great but requires one alias per account
Another benefit was if no .claude-profile file exists, claude refuses to launch.
As some have said, easy enough to build yourself, but I think it' nice not to have to test it and make sure it works.
alias claude-personal='CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=~/.claude-personal claude'
Is that supported?
So what’s the differenve ?
~/development/account1/mise.toml:
[env]
CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = "{{ env.HOME }}/.claude-account1"
i do this: https://github.com/acuteaura/universe/blob/main/overlays/cla...