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38 points • by hamza_rehman • today at 2:58 PM • 23 comments • view on HN

I use separate Claude Code accounts for work and personal projects. Having to log out and go through the login flow every time I switched accounts became annoying, so I built a small CLI to solve it.

The commands are intentionally simple:

claude account add myworkaccount claude account add mypersonalaccount claude account use myworkaccount claude account current

After switching, Claude Code works normally:

claude claude "fix this bug in main.py" Repository: https://github.com/hamzarehmandeveloper/claude-account

Give it a try

Comments

hassanmehdi98 • today at 9:19 PM

Is it even safe to switch accounts frequently? worried about them imposing a ban

pandoro • today at 4:12 PM

I use this: https://gist.github.com/KMJ-007/0979814968722051620461ab2aa0...

Simple and works great but requires one alias per account

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carloslfu • today at 5:10 PM

appreciate you building this! I have two Claude max accounts. The way I do it is that I have two app launchers (claude desktop). I use the desktop app and a different data directory for each launcher like `open -n -a /Applications/Claude.app --args --user-data-dir="<its profile directory>"`. I got my first Claude to make me two different launchers for the two apps, and it's been working perfectly. wdyt?

The only problem I've noticed is with Claude in Chrome. It seems to not work well in the second account. And this makes sense because it was designed just for one app. Do you find yourself having the same problem with this setup? have you tried the second one with the Claude in Chrome ext?

dotancohen • today at 4:42 PM

Does it share the global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md file? For some use case I'd like that, for others it could be problematic.

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hmokiguess • today at 6:44 PM

I built the same thing for myself, but I like your implementation so much better.

bdemirkir • today at 4:35 PM

Or use https://omp.sh and add multiple accounts. omp tracks usage and when limit is reached it uses the next account.

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pwython • today at 5:36 PM

I use the Claude Code desktop app for work, and the CLI for personal, so I'm always logged into both accounts!

baron3dl • today at 5:26 PM

don't people get banned for doing this kind of thing?

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brentmitchell25 • today at 4:53 PM

Another way for those who use mise. You can auto-switch accounts by directory:

~/development/account1/mise.toml:

[env]

CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = "{{ env.HOME }}/.claude-account1"

acuteaura • today at 5:04 PM

revolutionary. you can do this with 2 lines of shell code.

i do this: https://github.com/acuteaura/universe/blob/main/overlays/cla...

swyx • today at 6:24 PM

does this also extend to codex?

noobmax • today at 7:43 PM

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