I thought it was just a wrapper around an (old) existing tool that has been infinitely rebranded. Their old "remote desktop" program and some web listing capabilities to launch it in "rootless" mode.
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/12/claude-cowork/
That’s the point of this gist, and the related blog post.
Also, it’s a bit of a stretch to call Claude Code, which isn’t even a year old…old.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/windows-app/id1295203466
I thought it was just a wrapper around an (old) existing tool that has been infinitely rebranded. Their old "remote desktop" program and some web listing capabilities to launch it in "rootless" mode.