Claude Code is Anthropic’s agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal and helps you turn ideas into code faster than ever before.
What Claude Code does for you
- Build features from descriptions: Tell Claude what you want to build in plain English. It will make a plan, write the code, and ensure it works.
- Debug and fix issues: Describe a bug or paste an error message. Claude Code will analyze your codebase, identify the problem, and implement a fix.
- Navigate any codebase: Ask anything about your team’s codebase, and get a thoughtful answer back. Claude Code maintains awareness of your entire project structure, can find up-to-date information from the web, and with MCP can pull from external datasources like Google Drive, Figma, and Slack.
- Automate tedious tasks: Fix fiddly lint issues, resolve merge conflicts, and write release notes. Do all this in a single command from your developer machines, or automatically in CI.
Why developers love Claude Code
- Works in your terminal: Not another chat window. Not another IDE. Claude Code meets you where you already work, with the tools you already love.
- Takes action: Claude Code can directly edit files, run commands, and create commits. Need more? MCP lets Claude read your design docs in Google Drive, update your tickets in Jira, or use your custom developer tooling.
- Unix philosophy: Claude Code is composable and scriptable. tail -f app.log | claude -p "Slack me if you see any anomalies appear in this log stream" works. Your CI can run claude -p "If there are new text strings, translate them into French and raise a PR for @lang-fr-team to review".
- Enterprise-ready: Use Anthropic’s API, or host on AWS or GCP. Enterprise-grade security, privacy, and compliance is built-in.
Publisher’s description
What is Claude Code?
Claude Code is a proprietary ai assistants & llm program for Windows from Anthropic PBC. It ranks 1st by popularity among ai assistants & llms in this catalogue. It is written in TypeScript.
Installation and requirements
Official installers exist for 64-bit and ARM64 as Portable. The main installer is 290.2 MB. It runs without installation (portable).
Updates and version history
The current version is 2.1.302, released on October 16, 2026. 333 versions are listed since August 11, 2025, each with links to its own installer files. That is about 282 releases a year. The last update is less than a month old.
Popularity and file types
The Chocolatey package has been downloaded 67,109 times. The source code on GitHub (anthropics/claude-code) has 152,828 stars. Similar programs include Codex CLI, oh-my-pi and ChatGPT.
Project description on GitHub: “Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows - all through natural language commands.”
Pros / Cons
Pros
- Native ARM64 build for Windows on Arm
- Portable: runs without installation
- Frequent updates (about 282 a year)
- Large user base
Cons
- Proprietary licence: check the terms and price
In short: Claude Code is an ai assistants & llm tool for 64-bit and ARM64 PCs. It is actively maintained.
Is Claude Code safe to download?
- The file is served by downloads.claude.ai; check that it is the publisher’s official mirror
- The download link uses HTTPS
- A SHA256 hash is published, so you can verify the file:
3AB075F78998EFEF8B87F491C2E4A39C309DDDF44E51D0103EBA4F3713D2A0AE· Open the VirusTotal report for this hash - The link answered when we last checked it (October 22, 2026)
- ExeAtlas does not host, wrap or modify installers
Related guide: How to check a file’s SHA256 hash on Windows
Recent versions
All 333 versions ›333 versions over 1 year · about 282 a year
| Version | Date | Size | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.302Latest | October 16, 2026 | 290.2 MB | ARM64 Portable64-bit Portable |
| 2.1.300 | October 14, 2026 | 270.9 MB | ARM64 Portable64-bit Portable |
| 2.1.299 | October 13, 2026 | 269.2 MB | ARM64 Portable64-bit Portable |
| 2.1.296 | October 9, 2026 | 260.5 MB | 64-bit PortableARM64 Portable |
| 2.1.295 | October 8, 2026 | 259.5 MB | ARM64 Portable64-bit Portable |
| 2.1.294 | October 8, 2026 | 256.2 MB | 64-bit PortableARM64 Portable |
| 2.1.293 | October 7, 2026 | 256.2 MB | ARM64 Portable64-bit Portable |
| 2.1.292 | October 6, 2026 | 254.9 MB | ARM64 Portable64-bit Portable |
Install from the command line
Silent install ›winget install --id Anthropic.ClaudeCode -echoco install claude-code -yProgram files (.exe): claude.exe
Related guide: How to use winget: install and update apps
Information
- Publisher
- Anthropic PBC
- Category
- AI assistants & LLMs
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Price
- See the publisher’s site
- Source code
- github.com/anthropics/claude-code
- Written in
- TypeScript
- Requires
- Windows 11 / 10
- Architecture
- 64-bit, ARM64
- Installer
- Portable
- Version
- 2.1.302
- Released
- October 16, 2026
- Added to the catalogue
- August 16, 2025
- Versions listed
- 333
- Updates / year
- 282.2
- Chocolatey downloads
- 67,109
- GitHub stars
- 152,828
- GitHub forks
- 26,785
- winget ID
- Anthropic.ClaudeCode
- Chocolatey package
- claude-code
Ratings and reviews
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Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Code free?
Claude Code is proprietary (closed-source) software (licence: Proprietary). Whether it costs money depends on the edition: check the publisher’s site for prices and free tiers.
Is Claude Code safe to download?
The download comes from downloads.claude.ai; ExeAtlas does not host or change the file. Compare its SHA256 hash with the one shown here, or open the VirusTotal report for that hash.
How do I install Claude Code with winget?
Open PowerShell or Windows Terminal and run the winget command shown on this page. winget downloads the official installer and checks its SHA256 hash before running it.
Does Claude Code run on ARM (Windows on Arm)?
Yes, there is a native ARM64 installer.
Where can I download an older version of Claude Code?
The versions page lists all 333 versions with links to their official installer files, back to August 11, 2025.
Can I use Claude Code without administrator rights?
Yes, it is portable: unpack and run it.
What are alternatives to Claude Code?
Codex CLI, oh-my-pi, ChatGPT, GPT4All and OpenWork. The alternatives page compares them.
