# Claudette Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/claudette/ 7 people recommended Claudette in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 6 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Claudette – An open-source desktop companion for Claude Code”. **Verdict:** Open-source desktop companion for Claude Code, liked for a practical workflow over juggling terminals and tabs. Critics question whether it adds value beyond a Claude skill. Summary written by Claude from 13 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 11 of those comments still count. ## Why people recommend it - Replaces juggling tabs and terminals (2 comments in the sample): "much better idea than what I've been doing with VS Code tabs and terminal windows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026914)) "I am loving the workflow and the UI!!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48025791)) ## What people warn about - Duplicates an existing Claude skill (2 comments in the sample): "Why couldn't this just be a skill that Claude and Codex could work with instead of something that has to go through Gemini, again?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389332)) "there is no need for another 'skill" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49392722)) - Sends output through another LLM (1 comment in the sample): "This just pipes the output to another LLM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49394989)) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Claudette", https://hackerapproved.com/p/claudette/ (7 recommend, 1 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.