Claudraband — Claude Code for the power user

April 12, 2026
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What it does

Claudraband wraps the Claude Code TUI in a controlled terminal so you can keep sessions alive, resume them later, answer pending prompts, expose them through a daemon, or drive them via ACP. Want to pick up a conversation or long-running workflow where you left off? That’s the pitch: resumable non-interactive workflows, a daemon for headless or remote control, an ACP server for editor integration, and a TypeScript library for building these patterns into your own tools. It feels a bit like tmux for Claude — built for people who like their tools to keep working even when they don’t.

How it works

The tool provides two main paths: local tmux-backed sessions and daemon-backed sessions. Typical commands are short and to the point: cband "audit the last commit", cband sessions, cband continue , or cband serve to run the HTTP daemon. There’s an experimental xterm backend for truly headless cases, although it’s slower than tmux and advised only as a fallback. It has been reported that the package bundles Claude Code @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.96; set CLAUDRABAND_CLAUDE_PATH if you need to override the binary.

Caveats and who it’s for

This isn’t a replacement for the Claude SDK. You still authenticate through the real Claude Code TUI; claudraband routes interactions through an actual session rather than bypassing OAuth or the official client. In short: it’s geared toward personal, ad‑hoc power usage — editors like Toad and Zed can use its ACP glue, and examples live in the repo for code-review, multi-session setups, and session journaling. If you’ve ever lost a half-built prompt or wished your assistant would remember context days later, this one scratches that specific itch.

Ready to try?

The project is experimental and evolving as Claude Code and ACP clients change, so expect rough edges. Requirements are simple: Node.js or Bun, an authenticated Claude Code, and tmux for the first-class experience. The repo with docs and examples is on GitHub — check the claudraband project if you want to kick the tires and see how session persistence looks in practice.

Sources: github.com/halfwhey, Hacker News