Claude Loader — Development skill for Claude Code

Claude Loader

**One hotkey, all your Claude accounts.** Claude Loader is a loader, launcher and profile manager for Claude Desktop and the Claude Code CLI. Work with several accounts (Team, Personal, client projects) and run their agents at the same time, without signing out and back in.

• Loader: press Win+Shift+C / Super+Shift+C, click a profile and it starts. Hold the mouse button to pick several and start them as a group.
• Launcher: colored shortcuts, a tray menu, autostart at sign-in and a claude- command per profile.
• Manager: add, recolor, lock or remove profiles, keep the Claude copy up to date, and uninstall cleanly.

Every profile is fully isolated: its own Desktop data (`--user-data-dir`) and its own Claude Code config (`CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`). The Desktop app's Code tab and the CLI share one login per profile and never mix with the others.

Version	For	What you get
**Windows**	Windows 10/11	Up to 5 profiles, a hotkey loader, a tray menu, colored icons, optional passwords, claude- CLI commands
**Linux**	Ubuntu 24.04+ (GNOME)	The same feature set with a native GTK loader and GNOME hotkey
**Windows legacy**	Windows 10/11	Just two Desktop shortcuts (TEAM / Personal), no installation

**Unofficial.** This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. Claude Desktop doesn't officially support multiple accounts. This is a workaround, and a future app update could break it.

Claude Loader is free, open-source software under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

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Quick start

**Windows:** double-click `windows\Install.cmd`, then follow the wizard.

**Linux:**

bash linux/install.sh

Both installers need the full repository, because they combine their OS folder with `cross-platform/`. After setup you get:

• a Claude (Name) shortcut or menu entry for each profile, with its ow