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The first POWER8/ppc64le port of Claude Code CLI

Installation

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

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Claude Code for IBM POWER8/ppc64le

**The First POWER8 Port of Claude Code — Running as of 2026-04-18 on v2.1.112.**

A working install of Anthropic's Claude Code CLI for IBM POWER8 (ppc64le) Linux. Verified on an IBM Power System S824 (dual 8-core POWER8, 128 SMT threads, 512 GB RAM, Ubuntu 20.04) with a self-built Node.js v22.22.2.


⚠️ Version ceiling: v2.1.112

Starting in **v2.1.113**, `@anthropic-ai/claude-code` migrated to per-platform SEA (Single Executable Application) binaries distributed as `optionalDependencies`:

  • @anthropic-ai/claude-code-linux-x64
  • @anthropic-ai/claude-code-linux-arm64
  • @anthropic-ai/claude-code-darwin-{arm64,x64}
  • @anthropic-ai/claude-code-win32-{arm64,x64}

**No `@anthropic-ai/claude-code-linux-ppc64le` binary exists.** Installing v2.1.113 or later on ppc64le leaves onl