Claude Code started as a CLI tool. Now it runs in the browser, on iOS, in IDE plugins, and through GitHub Actions. The web launch matters most: GitHub OAuth, no setup, coding in your browser.

Claude Code generates $500 million in annual revenue and has seen 10x user growth since May. Inside Anthropic, Claude Code writes 90% of their code, and output per engineer has jumped 67%. When your own tool works that well, you ship it everywhere.

Three Interfaces, Different Tradeoffs

Web runs tasks on Anthropic's cloud. Multiple tasks run in parallel, which the CLI can't do. Real-time progress, mid-task steering, session resumption.

CLI runs locally with direct filesystem access and is single-threaded. You control the environment, but pay-as-you-go pricing stacks up when you're hammering it.

iOS is for monitoring and light tasks: checking progress, providing feedback, triggering simple refactors. Anthropic admits it needs refinement.

All three connect to GitHub the same way. Install the GitHub app, authorize access (contents, issues, PRs), add the Claude Dispatch workflow. Claude gets sandboxed with network and filesystem restrictions. A secure proxy handles git operations — it can't touch repos you didn't authorize.

The Maintenance Machine

Refactoring, test generation, dependency upgrades, and bug fixing are not glamorous, but that is what fills sprints. React project needs upgrading? Claude analyzes the codebase, identifies breaking changes, runs migrations across files.

Type annotations on JavaScript files. Unit tests for new functions. Database migrations from schema changes. The time savings pile up on repetitive work that eats days, not on architectural decisions.

The web interface shifts the psychology. You're delegating, not augmenting your editor. That changes how you scope the work.

Distribution Wins

Claude Code used to live inside Cursor or a VS Code plugin. You had to seek it out.

Now it's a browser tab. GitHub OAuth and you're in. You can try it on one task without committing to another tool.

Pro ($20/month) and Max ($100-200/month) include full Claude Code access across web, iOS, and CLI. Shared limits with regular Claude chat, reset every five hours.