Claudy is a native macOS application designed to serve as a comprehensive home for Claude Code, the command-line coding assistant. Developed by Mark Gravely, the application provides a centralized graphical interface that simplifies the management of complex development workflows. It allows users to handle multiple projects, sessions, and Claude accounts within a single, unified window environment. By building a dedicated space for Claude Code, Claudy aims to improve developer experience by removing the friction of manual configuration and session management. The application is built using native Apple technologies, including Swift, SwiftUI, and SwiftData, ensuring seamless integration with the macOS ecosystem. It prioritizes local-first design and user privacy, ensuring that sensitive credentials such as API access tokens and session keys are stored locally in the macOS Keychain and never transmitted to any external servers. Claudy also features a built-in marketplace where users can browse, install, and manage community-contributed plugins, including Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, skills, and custom slash commands.

Some of the key features are:

• Multi-Session Management: Run multiple independent Claude Code sessions per project in individual tabs, with persistent history for each instance.
• Multi-Account Switching: Configure multiple Claude accounts within the app, featuring automatic switching when usage limits are reached and real-time usage monitoring bars.
• Compact Mode: An adaptive interface that allows users to shrink the window, collapsing the sidebar to prioritize a quick-switch bar for focused development.
• Draft Commits: Checkpoint work mid-session using AI-labeled git commits, enabling users to restore previous states or squash work into clean, final commits.
• Integrated Marketplace: A one-tap interface to discover and install community-created skills, MCP servers, and commands without requiring manual configuration file edits.
• Local Data Storage: Leverages macOS Keychain to keep API credentials on the local machine and excludes data collection for analytics or telemetry.

Claudy functions by acting as a graphical wrapper and environment manager for the underlying Claude Code binary. Users configure their accounts and projects within the application, which then coordinates the execution and state management of these instances. The application streamlines common workflows like switching between different development environments or handling account limits during intense coding sessions. It removes the need for manual command-line configuration, providing a user-friendly interface for common tasks like committing code drafts or installing new MCP plugins through its registry-backed marketplace system.

Some common use cases include:

• Managing Multi-Project Contexts: Developers working on several distinct projects simultaneously can easily switch between environments without losing session context.
• Handling API Usage Limits: Professionals using Claude heavily can configure multiple accounts, letting Claudy manage the hand-off between them when one approaches its threshold.
• Extending Claude Code Capabilities: Users can quickly install specialized skills or MCP servers from the community marketplace to add functionality like database integration or specific coding patterns.
• Version Control and Checkpointing: Developers can use the Draft Commits feature to safely experiment with code changes, easily rolling back to previous checkpoints if an AI-assisted iteration does not meet requirements.