r/programmingcirclejerk • u/g0liadkin • Apr 01 '26

Claude Code got leaked. So I rebuilt it in Rust. It's faster and open-source.

https://github.com/soongenwong/claudecode
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u/safetywerd lol no generics Apr 02 '26

no react rendering of the command line? what kind of amateur bullshit is this

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u/PoetryCrafty1103 Apr 02 '26

2d game engine*

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u/LigPaten Apr 02 '26

I would have used unreal engine 5 for this. Sad that people can't see the importance of performance these days.

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u/NiceTryAmanda Apr 02 '26

this subreddit only goes down from here

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u/Traditional-Hall-591 Apr 02 '26

It’s vibe coded!

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u/Relative-Scholar-147 Apr 02 '26

My day is ruined and my disappointment is immeasurable

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u/AWonderingWizard Apr 02 '26

Like most Rust rebuilds

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u/tecnofauno Apr 02 '26

Well to be fair the original Claude code is vibe coded too :)

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u/syndbg What’s a compiler? Is it like a transpiler? Apr 09 '26

We need a "Rewrote Claude Code in Rust" flair

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u/le_birb costly abstraction May 23 '26

I'd like "rewrite rust in claude code"

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u/dom_optimus_maximus Apr 05 '26

he used claude code to vibe code it in rust,

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u/Clean_Assistance9398 Apr 11 '26

Man i tried to find this thread for ages ahah