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Open-source, simple interface for working with Claude Code, built by developers for their own use. Critics find the price hard to justify.
Open-source, simple interface for working with Claude Code, built by developers for their own use. Critics find the price hard to justify.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Price too high for value
“While $20/mo feels a bit weird for an app that doesn't rely on its own cloud service”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: 1Code – open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code” “Tool is nice but most certainly not* 800$ nice.”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: 1Code – open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code” “The pricing is ridiculous.”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: 1Code – open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code” Prefers staying with CLI
“The tagline might feel off if you're already comfortable with CLI.”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: 1Code – open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code” “if anyone got excited about an interface where they could work with Claude, I'd say stick with the cli”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: 1Code – open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code”
What people said
11 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I want to like it and I think there is potential here.”
“I have just less faith in YC backed/VC funded startups unless proven otherwise”
“if anyone got excited about an interface where they could work with Claude, I'd say stick with the cli”
“The pricing is ridiculous.”
“it does not build for me from the source code.”
“You’re using a sandbox to “spoof” authentication by intercepting the auth token to a web browser?”
“While $20/mo feels a bit weird for an app that doesn't rely on its own cloud service”
“The tagline might feel off if you're already comfortable with CLI.”
“we decided to build a tool that WE would actually use, and once we succeeded with that, we open-sourced it”
“simple/straightforward UI, functional”
“Tool is nice but most certainly not* 800$ nice.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.