Show HN: Claude-account – switch Claude Code accounts without logging in again
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
Discussion Highlights (12 comments)
pandoro
I use this: https://gist.github.com/KMJ-007/0979814968722051620461ab2aa0... Simple and works great but requires one alias per account
bdemirkir
Or use https://omp.sh and add multiple accounts. omp tracks usage and when limit is reached it uses the next account.
dotancohen
Does it share the global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md file? For some use case I'd like that, for others it could be problematic.
brentmitchell25
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
revolutionary. you can do this with 2 lines of shell code. i do this: https://github.com/acuteaura/universe/blob/main/overlays/cla...
carloslfu
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?
baron3dl
don't people get banned for doing this kind of thing?
pwython
I use the Claude Code desktop app for work, and the CLI for personal, so I'm always logged into both accounts!
swyx
does this also extend to codex?
hmokiguess
I built the same thing for myself, but I like your implementation so much better.
hassanmehdi98
Is it even safe to switch accounts frequently? worried about them imposing a ban
pdimitar
Cool but I would like to reuse my entire account directory and just switch accounts and nothing else. Now I just do `/logout` and then go through the login flow again because I don't want to lose access to all memories and transcripts. Is that supported?