Personae runs multiple Claude accounts side by side — on the desktop and in the terminal. Each Claude Desktop profile gets its own window, history, and colour; each Claude Code account keeps its own real login. Work, Personal, and every client stay signed in at once — no more logging out to switch.
Login, history, cache, and settings isolated for this profile.
Personae manages the Claude Desktop app and Claude Code from one place. Pick the surface you work in — each keeps its accounts fully separate.
Every profile is a full Claude Desktop in its own window — separate login, chat history, and a colour so you always know which one you're in.
Each account carries its own real Claude login — full email and org identity — and runs on its own. Switch by opening a project, not by logging out.
Each profile is its own account with its own identity. Personae gives it a tinted icon and accent so you always know which Claude you're talking to.
Every Desktop profile and every CLI account gets its own data directory — separate login, history, cookies, settings and MCP config. Nothing from one account is ever visible to another.
No single-instance lock, no signing out. Keep several Desktop windows and several Claude Code terminals live at the same time, each on its own account.
Claude Desktop hands sign-ins to whichever window is already open. Turn on Concurrent sign-in and each new profile completes its own login while the others stay signed in — no quitting, no juggling.
When Claude Desktop auto-updates, it closes every profile. Personae notices the version change and brings back the ones you had open — unless you quit them on purpose.
Each CLI account carries its own real Claude sign-in — full email and org identity — and refreshes on its own. Type claude and it runs as the right account, every time. Rename, re-sign-in or delete without touching the others.
Point an account at an API key instead: any Anthropic-compatible endpoint with its own base URL, model and small/fast model. Press Test to see what a URL speaks; OpenAI-style providers get translated by the built-in bridge. Keep a per-account model list, refreshed from Anthropic when you want.
The Code tab inside Claude Desktop normally shares one ~/.claude across profiles. Flip Isolate and that profile's memory, hooks, plugins and session history stay with the account they belong to.
Bind a folder to an account and Personae wires CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR into VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf or Antigravity — every terminal opens Claude Code already signed in to that account. Saved workspaces reopen in one click.
Session and weekly usage for every Desktop profile and CLI account, plus each CLI login's plan tier and when its session runs out — pulled live from Anthropic when you ask. One click to sign it in again.
Launch a CLI account straight into a project folder — recent ones are remembered — and override the model for just that session, without changing the account's default.
Launch in the terminal you actually use — Terminal, iTerm or Warp; cmd, PowerShell or Windows Terminal; GNOME Terminal, Konsole, kitty and more on Linux — or any program you point it at. Choose the browser for sign-in, optionally a clean signed-out session. Light, dark, or follow the system.
Pick from 11 tints. Each profile's icon is tinted to match and registered with the OS, so it appears in Spotlight and the Dock as its own app — plus a green dot here when it's running.
/ to search, ↑↓ to move, ⏎ to launch, ⌘N for a new one, ⌘L to launch the selected profile, ⌘R to repair. Switch accounts without touching the mouse.
No account to create, no server, no telemetry. Personae orchestrates the Claude you already installed — everything stays on your machine, and it never sees your tokens.
A quiet banner when a newer version is out, with a one-click download for your platform. Dismiss it and it stays dismissed until the next release.
A tiny native app built on Tauri — a few megabytes, not another Chromium. It wraps your installed Claude Desktop and Claude Code, so it keeps working after every auto-update.
“Work”, “Personal”, a client — whatever you juggle. Choose Desktop for a full app window, or CLI for Claude Code in the terminal.
Personae opens Claude's own secure sign-in. A Desktop profile keeps its window logged in; each CLI account gets its own real login that refreshes itself.
Launch the window, or a terminal in the folder you're working in, or point a CLI account at a project and Personae opens your IDE with Claude Code already signed in. Repeat for as many accounts as you need.
No sign-up, no subscription, no telemetry either way. Pro is a single purchase that unlocks unlimited accounts on the machines you actually use.
Secure checkout by Lemon Squeezy. Your key arrives by email; paste it into Personae under Settings → License.
Yes. Personae has no instance limit — open as many Claude Desktop windows and Claude Code terminals as you like, all at once, each signed in to a different account.
Yes. Create a CLI account for each login; each keeps its own real Claude sign-in — full email and org identity — and runs independently. Open a project and its IDE terminals launch claude already signed in to that account, so you never log out to switch.
Install Personae, add a profile or CLI account for each login (Work, Personal, a client…), then launch. Every one is fully isolated with its own login and history — sign in once and it stays signed in.
VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity — any VS Code-family editor. Personae sets CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR for the project folder so its terminals use the right Claude Code account automatically.
macOS 11+, Windows 10+, and Linux (x86_64 — a .deb for Debian/Ubuntu/Mint and an AppImage for everything else). Desktop profiles are macOS and Windows only, because Anthropic doesn't ship Claude Desktop for Linux. Claude Code (CLI) accounts and IDE workspaces work on all three — Windows and Linux are in beta.
Yes. Any CLI account can run on an API key with its own base URL and model — Anthropic's API, a proxy, a gateway such as OpenRouter or DeepSeek. Press Test and Personae tells you whether the endpoint speaks Anthropic's protocol or OpenAI's; for OpenAI-style providers it runs a small local bridge that translates on the fly. Each account keeps its own model list.
On macOS, yes: turn on Concurrent sign-in in the Desktop settings and each profile completes its own login while the others stay signed in. It switches itself on the first time you have two profiles. On Windows, sign profiles in one at a time.
Claude closes every window when it installs an update. Personae watches for the version change and reopens the profiles you had running — unless you'd quit them yourself. Personae itself keeps working across Claude updates because it wraps the copy you have installed rather than bundling its own.
No. There's no account, no server, and no telemetry. Personae only orchestrates the Claude you already installed; each profile and account's data stays on your machine, isolated from the others.
No. Personae wraps your installed Claude rather than repackaging it, so it keeps working after Claude's auto-updates.
Desktop profiles and CLI accounts together — two in total, in any mix. Accounts you already have are never removed or locked; only creating a third asks for Personae Pro. One Pro key activates on up to 3 machines, and you can deactivate a machine from Settings → License to move it.
Free for up to 2 accounts (Desktop profiles and CLI accounts combined), with every feature included. Personae Pro — a one-time $9.99 purchase — unlocks unlimited accounts on up to 3 machines. Accounts you already have are never removed. Personae is an independent companion tool — not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Anthropic.
Download it, add your first profile or CLI account, and keep every Claude — desktop and terminal — signed in at once.
macOS — right-click the app and choose Open, then confirm. (Or go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.)
Windows — if a blue “Windows protected your PC” box appears, click More info → Run anyway.
Linux — .deb: sudo apt install ./Personae-Linux-x86_64.deb, then find Personae in your app menu. AppImage: chmod +x Personae-Linux-x86_64.AppImage and run it. Desktop profiles aren’t offered on Linux (there is no Claude Desktop for it); CLI accounts and IDE workspaces are.
Personae isn’t code-signed yet, so the OS shows this one-time warning. It’s safe — everything runs locally, with no account or telemetry.