Popular, yes... but have you seen the issues? SOMETHING is going on in that repo: https://github.com/instructkr/claude-code/issues

which has already been deleted

What do stars mean in the context of random github accounts mirroring leaked source code?

I don't understand how you can have a 'clean-room port.' Seems contradictory to me.

won't they just try to dmca or take these down especially if they're more popular