# Claw Code

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Claw Code and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free coding agent that runs any model and claims around 30% average token savings; critics say it copies Claude Code under a clean-room label.

## What people warn about

- Accused of copying Claude Code (4 comments): "Did a sloppy find and replace for "claude" and made it claw." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47599761)) "that's not clean-room, that's copying with extra steps." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47623838)) "This is theft, plain and simple." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47623870))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-code.md): 4522 recommend
- [OpenAI Codex](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codex.md): 2474 recommend
- [OpenCode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/opencode.md): 1060 recommend
- [Gemini CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-cli.md): 172 recommend
- [Cline](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cline.md): 63 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Claw Code", https://hackerapproved.com/p/claw-code/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).