Show HN: Downlaude – View Claude status in the terminal, bye bye browser
Downlaude is a terminal tool that lets users check Claude AI's status directly from the command line, eliminating the need to open a browser. The developer shared it on Hacker News and is asking for community feedback.
Background
- **Downlaude** is a command-line tool (npm package) that lets you check the status of Anthropic's Claude AI models directly from your terminal, without needing to open a web browser.
- **Claude** is a family of large language models (LLMs) created by Anthropic, a competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Claude is widely used by developers via API and web chat.
- **Anthropic** is an AI safety company founded by former OpenAI employees; its models are known for a "constitutional AI" approach to alignment.
- **Show HN** refers to "Show HN" posts on Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com), a popular tech community where developers share side projects and tools for feedback.
- **Why it matters**: Developers who work with Claude via API often want to quickly see model availability, latency, or outage status without context-switching to a browser tab. This tool is a tiny convenience for terminal-centric workflows.