Claude Code on the web: using Claude Code in your browser, with nothing to install

How Claude Code on the web works

Launched by Anthropic in October 2025, the web version moves Claude Code from your computer to the cloud. You connect your GitHub account — the service where projects are hosted as “repositories” of files —, pick a repository, describe your mission in plain language, and Claude works in an isolated environment on Anthropic’s servers.

When it’s done, it shows you the result and can propose its changes directly on GitHub. The session keeps running even if you close your browser, and you can follow progress from the Claude mobile app.

What you need to access it

Three prerequisites, current as this guide is written — “research preview” means the terms can change, and Anthropic’s official website is the source of truth.

• A paid Claude plan: Pro, Max or Team (and some Enterprise seats). The web version is not available on a free account.
• A connected GitHub account: that’s how Claude retrieves a project’s files and proposes its changes.
• Nothing to install: everything happens at claude.ai/code, in the browser. There is no separate charge for the servers, but tasks consume your plan’s usage limits.

What the web version does well

Its strength: launching missions and letting them run. Each task lives in its own session, and you can run several in parallel — each one moves forward independently while you do something else.

For people using both versions, a bridge exists: from the terminal, the “claude --remote” command sends a task to the cloud, and “claude --teleport” pulls a web session back into the terminal to continue locally. You don’t have to pick a side once and for all.

The limits to know about

The web version is built around GitHub repositories: that’s its core logic. Retrieving a project and publishing changes goes through GitHub — competing platforms like GitLab or Bitbucket are only partially handled.

Another point: it’s a research preview. Access, features and terms can change. And since tasks share your Claude plan’s usage limits, running many sessions in parallel consumes them proportionately faster.

Web version or terminal version: which one to choose?

If your work lives in folders on your computer — documents, notes, client files, content —, the classic version installed on your machine remains the natural path: you open it in a folder, it reads and edits your files directly, without going through GitHub.

The web version takes over when your project is already on GitHub and you want to launch missions without tying up your computer, or follow their progress from your phone. Both versions share the same underlying principle: Claude Code reads the project’s context before working.

Web or terminal, the real subject: context

Whichever version you use, Claude Code looks for instruction files in the project — such as AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md — that tell it its role, your rules and how you work. An empty project gives you a generic assistant; a project that describes your line of work gives you an assistant that knows your work before it starts.

That is exactly what the Claude Code AI Workspace Kit prepares: you answer a few questions about your line of work, and your Context Folder is generated — AGENTS.md, rules, typical missions, examples. The kit is being built: sign up on its page to be told when it ships.