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Claude Code

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A terminal-native coding agent that reads, edits and runs code across a whole repository.

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Trust score · Mixed

3 data points checked · 2026-09-14

Model stack: DisputedEntry price: VerifiedVersion: DisputedHow this works →

Current version

stable

Entry cost

from $20/mo

Changes / 30d

16

The short answers · verified September 16, 2026

What is the latest version of Claude Code?
The current shipped version of Claude Code is stable, as of September 16, 2026.
How much does Claude Code cost?
Claude Code starts at $20 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 16, 2026.
What AI model does Claude Code use?
Claude Code runs primarily on Fable 5.

Source: Anthropicgithub.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Terminal agent
  • Repo-wide edits
  • Subagents
  • MCP servers
  • Hooks
  • Background tasks
  • Agentic coding CLI
  • VS Code extension
  • Desktop app
  • Web interface
  • JetBrains plugin
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Auto-commits & PRs
  • Agent SDK
  • Routine scheduling
  • Agentic coding tool
  • CLI / Terminal interface
  • VS Code & JetBrains Extensions
  • Desktop App & Web interface
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) support
  • Routines & Scheduled Tasks
  • CLAUDE.md custom instructions
  • Auto memory
  • agentic coding
  • terminal CLI
  • IDE integration
  • desktop app
  • git integration
  • auto memory
  • scheduled tasks
  • Terminal CLI
  • VS Code Extension
  • JetBrains Plugin
  • Desktop App
  • Web Interface
  • Auto Memory
  • Routines / Scheduled Tasks
  • reads codebase
  • edits files
  • runs commands
  • integrates with development tools
  • JetBrains IDE plugin
  • agentic coding tool
  • web interface
  • remote control
  • CLI (Terminal)
  • IDE extensions (VS Code, JetBrains)
  • Web interface (claude.ai/code)
  • Routines / scheduled tasks
  • Remote Control
  • CLI/Terminal
  • Web Surface
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • CLAUDE.md / Auto memory
  • Git integration
  • cli
  • vs code extension
  • jetbrains plugin
  • mcp support
  • agentic execution
  • claudemd instructions
  • mcp server connection
  • MCP support
  • Web UI
  • CLAUDE.md instructions
  • terminal cli
  • agent teams
  • agent sdk
  • routines
  • IDE extensions
  • browser web interface
  • commit generation
  • PR creation
  • scheduled tasks / routines
  • Routines
  • code editing
  • terminal integration
  • IDE extension
  • MCP integration
  • agentic workflow
  • mcp servers
  • claude.md instructions
  • parallel agents
  • scheduled routines
  • agent SDK
  • Routines (recurring tasks)
  • CLAUDE.md customization
  • Agentic coding assistant
  • Web browser interface
  • Automated commits and PRs
  • Routines/scheduled tasks
  • Auto memory / CLAUDE.md
  • Web Integration
  • MCP Support
  • Routines / Scheduled tasks
  • Web/Browser Interface
  • MCP Integration
  • web workspace
  • MCP server integration
  • agent parallelization
  • interactive diffs
  • prompt caching
  • custom skills
  • JetBrains extension
  • Scheduled Routines
  • jetbrains extension
  • mcp tools
  • cloud routines
  • Prompt caching
  • web ui
  • scheduling routines
  • web surface
  • routines and scheduling
  • codebase agent
  • ide extensions
  • mcp integration
  • web UI
  • routines/scheduling
  • Web surface
  • ide extension
  • file editing
  • command execution
  • Web surface (claude.ai/code)
  • CI/CD integration
  • Agentic coding
  • CLI tool
  • Model Context Protocol

Pricing

  • Claude Pro (Includes Claude Code)

    Individual plan ($17/mo with annual subscription)

    $20

  • Claude Team (Includes Claude Code)

    Per seat/month ($20 if billed annually)

    $25

Entry price over time

7/29/2026 · $209/16/2026 · $20

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Claude 3.5 Sonnet

    Anthropic

    inferred
  • Fable 5

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Fable 5.1

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Haiku

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Haiku 4.5

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Opus

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Opus 5

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Sonnet

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Sonnet 3.5

    Anthropic

    inferred
  • Sonnet 5

    Anthropic

    disclosed

Context window

200k

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • cli
  • vscode-extension
  • desktop-app

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • version

    Claude Code moved to stable

    CLI / Extensions / Desktop App / Webstable

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $17$20

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agentic coding, CLI tool, Model Context Protocol

    124 tracked127 tracked · +Agentic coding, CLI tool, Model Context Protocol

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $17/mo

    $20$17

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Web surface (claude.ai/code), CI/CD integration

    122 tracked124 tracked · +Web surface (claude.ai/code), CI/CD integration

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $17$20

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $17/mo

    $20$17

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: ide extension, file editing, command execution

    119 tracked122 tracked · +ide extension, file editing, command execution

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Web surface

    118 tracked119 tracked · +Web surface

    source
  • version

    Claude Code moved to CLI / Extensions / Desktop App / Web

    Claude CodeCLI / Extensions / Desktop App / Web

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: codebase agent, ide extensions, mcp integration

    113 tracked118 tracked · +codebase agent, ide extensions, mcp integration, web UI, routines/scheduling

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 200k

    200000200k

    source
  • model

    Claude Code added Sonnet 3.5 to its model stack

    Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Fable 5, Fable 5.1, Haiku, Haiku 4.5, Opus, Opus 5, Sonnet, Sonnet 5Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Fable 5, Fable 5.1, Haiku, Haiku 4.5, Opus, Opus 5, Sonnet, Sonnet 3.5, Sonnet 5

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $17$20

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: web surface, routines and scheduling

    111 tracked113 tracked · +web surface, routines and scheduling

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $17/mo

    $20$17

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: web ui, scheduling routines

    109 tracked111 tracked · +web ui, scheduling routines

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $17$20

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Prompt caching

    108 tracked109 tracked · +Prompt caching

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 200000

    200k200000

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $17/mo

    $20$17

    source
  • model

    Claude Code added Haiku, Opus, Sonnet to its model stack

    Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Fable 5, Fable 5.1, Haiku 4.5, Opus 5, Sonnet 5Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Fable 5, Fable 5.1, Haiku, Haiku 4.5, Opus, Opus 5, Sonnet, Sonnet 5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: jetbrains extension, mcp tools, cloud routines

    105 tracked108 tracked · +jetbrains extension, mcp tools, cloud routines

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Scheduled Routines

    104 tracked105 tracked · +Scheduled Routines

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $17$20

    source
  • model

    Claude Code added Fable 5.1 to its model stack

    Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Fable 5, Haiku 4.5, Opus 5, Sonnet 5Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Fable 5, Fable 5.1, Haiku 4.5, Opus 5, Sonnet 5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: JetBrains extension

    103 tracked104 tracked · +JetBrains extension

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: interactive diffs, prompt caching, custom skills

    100 tracked103 tracked · +interactive diffs, prompt caching, custom skills

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 200k

    200000200k

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $17/mo

    $20$17

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: web workspace, MCP server integration, agent parallelization

    97 tracked100 tracked · +web workspace, MCP server integration, agent parallelization

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 200000

    200k200000

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Web/Browser Interface, MCP Integration

    95 tracked97 tracked · +Web/Browser Interface, MCP Integration

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Routines / Scheduled tasks

    94 tracked95 tracked · +Routines / Scheduled tasks

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Web Integration, MCP Support

    92 tracked94 tracked · +Web Integration, MCP Support

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agentic coding assistant, Web browser interface, Automated commits and PRs

    87 tracked92 tracked · +Agentic coding assistant, Web browser interface, Automated commits and PRs, Routines/scheduled tasks, Auto memory / CLAUDE.md

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Routines (recurring tasks), CLAUDE.md customization

    85 tracked87 tracked · +Routines (recurring tasks), CLAUDE.md customization

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: agent SDK

    84 tracked85 tracked · +agent SDK

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $17$20

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: parallel agents, scheduled routines

    82 tracked84 tracked · +parallel agents, scheduled routines

    source
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Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/claude-code

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Claude Code — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/claude-code
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-claude-code,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Claude Code — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/claude-code}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}