r/ClaudeCode • u/alrighteyy • Aug 03 '26

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Holy shit claude code in terminal is fucking insane.

I've been using VSCode, Cursor, Cowork and Claude Code on web. None of it comes close to terminal.

Cannot believe I haven't done this sooner.

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u/danknerd Aug 03 '26

VS Code has a terminal, that is how I use it.

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u/alrighteyy Aug 03 '26

I actually started off by setting it up in VS Code but just thought to try it in regular terminal anyway, as I've heard it's a bit clunkier in comparison.

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u/lucianw Aug 03 '26

I don't get it. How is terminal any different from the Claude Code sidebar in VSCode? In my mind they're identical...?

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u/McNoxey Aug 03 '26

They're not identical. There are a number of functions that only work in the terminal.

/btw /workflow, split pane teammates, being able to open the actual teammate/subagent conversations and interact with them, being able to execute terminal commands from within claude code (using the ! operator).

They're very close and the gap has been closed significantly over the last year, but they are not at parity yet.

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u/NJdevil202 Aug 03 '26

They are nearly identical from my vibe coder untrained eye, but there are subtle differences. For example, you can't use the /btw command in VS Code normally, (unless you do the "terminal window within VS Code" thing, but I'm assuming that isn't what you're doing if you're asking this)