winget install --id=akon47.ClaudeAccountSwitcher -e Claude Account Switcher keeps multiple Claude Code (CLI) login accounts as isolated profiles and lets you switch the active account with a single click, or run several accounts in parallel via isolated CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR terminals. Dark themed, lives in the system tray, and adds an optional Explorer right-click "Run with Claude" submenu.
> Switch and concurrently run multiple Claude Code (CLI) accounts on Windows — from the system tray.
Claude Account Switcher lives in the Windows system tray and manages multiple Claude Code (CLI) login accounts. Each account is kept as an isolated profile; switch the active account with one click, or run several accounts side by side in parallel.
claude
command then runs as that account.Claude Code stores its login in ~/.claude/.credentials.json (OAuth token) and the account info
(email, plan…) in ~/.claude.json (oauthAccount). This app keeps these per profile:
.credentials.json into ~/.claude/ and patches the
oauthAccount in ~/.claude.json so claude /status shows the right account. (The current
credentials are backed up first, and the account you switch away from keeps its refreshed token.)CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=, so it never
touches ~/.claude and accounts stay isolated.Profile data lives in (not committed to the repo).
%APPDATA%\ClaudeAccountSwitcher\--dangerously-skip-permissions (with an optional don't ask again that remembers your choice —
reset it any time in Settings). Applies to Explorer right-click launches too.Localization/.json discovered at runtime —
adding a language is just dropping in a new JSON file.Right-click any folder in Explorer → Run with Claude → pick an account. It opens a terminal
in that folder running claude as the chosen account (no switching needed):
Tray menu (quick switch & toggles) · Settings
winget install akon47.ClaudeAccountSwitcher
Download Claude-Account-Switcher-Setup_vX.Y.Z-x64.exe from the
Releases page and run it.
It's a self-contained, per-user installer (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs, no admin, ~54 MB).
Requires the .NET 9 SDK. NSIS (makensis) is needed only to build the installer.
dotnet build Claude-Account-Switcher.csproj -c Debug # build
dotnet run --project Claude-Account-Switcher.csproj # run (tray)
powershell Installer\build-installer.ps1 # build installer -> dist\Claude-Account-Switcher-Setup_vX.Y.Z-x64.exe
Releases are automated with GitHub Actions:
build — compiles on every push / PR to main.bump-version (manual) — bumps `` in the csproj, commits, and pushes a vX.Y.Z tag.release — on a vX.Y.Z tag, builds the self-contained installer and publishes a GitHub
Release with Claude-Account-Switcher-Setup_vX.Y.Z-x64.exe.winget — on a published release, opens an update PR to microsoft/winget-pkgs
(requires a WINGET_TOKEN repo secret; see winget/README.md).To cut a release: run bump-version with the new version (or push a vX.Y.Z tag yourself).
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection +
CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.H.NotifyIcon.Wpf.Claude Code itself stores .credentials.json in plaintext on Windows. This app keeps per-account
credentials at the same level, under your user profile folder (%APPDATA%). DPAPI-based encryption
at rest is on the roadmap.
This is an unofficial, independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic. "Claude" and "Claude Code" are trademarks of their respective owners.
The app only manages accounts you legitimately own, on your own machine, by copying local credential files and setting environment variables — it does not bypass authentication or any technical protection. You are responsible for using it in compliance with the terms of service and usage policies of any account you add (including limits on account sharing and on circumventing rate/usage limits). Use at your own risk; provided "as is" without warranty (see MIT).