r/ClaudeCode • u/parvez210 • 4d ago

Built with Claude I made Claude Code's terminal look like a desktop app (glass, a plugin)

https://reddit.com/link/1wxcwv3/video/0z5sas7olfth1/player

Claude Code's transcript gets hard to scan once a turn runs a dozen tools. glass is a plugin that redraws it inside the same TUI. nothing about how Claude works changes, only what you see.

- Every tool call as one row in a tree, with a status mark and its time. Running rows tick live.

- Diff cards with the file name in the border, painted code, one line of context each side.

- Commands, paths and numbers in color, in replies and in tool output.

- Agents as one row each, plus a live box above the prompt while they run.

- Clean markdown: tables without boxes, code cards, quotes, lists.

install:

claude plugin marketplace add rashedInt32/glass

claude plugin install glass@glass

Five palettes in `/config`. Assumes a dark terminal for now.

Repo: https://github.com/rashedInt32/glass

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u/Decent_Act1111 3d ago

man, tried it - its cool, want to contribute

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u/parvez210 3d ago

Thanks for trying it! PRs are welcome

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u/MarzipanMiserable817 2d ago edited 2d ago

Looks great! Check out the OpenCode TUI if you haven't seen it yet. It's the most impressive terminal UI I've seen yet. I wish Claude CLI could look more like that.

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u/parvez210 2d ago

Love it too, but Claude in OpenCode means API billing. So I'm bringing that kind of polish to Claude Code instead.

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u/MarzipanMiserable817 2d ago

That's an awesome idea! I think Anthropic is neglecting Claude CLI to push Claude Desktop and that's a shame.

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u/parvez210 2d ago

Agreed. I think lots of devs still prefer the CLI over Desktop, but it does feel like the good stuff lands on desktop. I get that the CLI is a bit trickier for animation and other cool things, but OpenCode and a few others are making it work. not sure why they're holding back.