grift

A tiny, dependency-free shell utility for managing multiple Claude Code accounts on one machine. Save the credentials for each account into a numbered slot and switch between them with a single command — handy if you juggle a personal account, a work account, and a few API/Max plans.

grift                  # open the interactive picker (TUI)
claude-save            # save the currently logged-in account into the next slot
claude-switch 2        # switch to slot 2
claude-accounts        # list saved slots
claude-delete          # delete a slot (interactive)

The picker

Run grift for a full-screen card grid — each saved account is a card stamped with the Claude mascot, laid out 2×3 per page:

                       grift — Claude Code accounts

      ╭──────────────╮   ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓   ╭──────────────╮
      │   ██    ██   │   ┃   ██    ██   ┃   │   ██    ██   │
      │ ████████████ │   ┃ ████████████ ┃   │ ████████████ │
      │ ███  ██  ███ │   ┃ ███  ██  ███ ┃   │ ███  ██  ███ │
      │ ████████████ │   ┃ ████████████ ┃   │ ████████████ │
      │ ██        ██ │   ┃ ██        ██ ┃   │ ██        ██ │
      │              │   ┃              ┃   │              │
      │   Slot 001   │   ┃   Slot 002   ┃   │   Slot 003   │
   ‹  │   ● ACTIVE   │   ┃    [max]     ┃   │    [pro]     │  ›
      ╰──────────────╯   ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛   ╰──────────────╯
        ... second row of cards ...

   ↑↓←→ move    ⏎ switch    s save    d delete    q quit

• Arrow keys (or hjkl) move the selection; the highlighted card gets a heavy orange border.
• ⏎ switches to the selected account, s saves the current login as a new slot, d deletes a slot.
• The card matching your current login is marked ● ACTIVE; the [max]/[pro] tag shows each account's plan.
• With more than six accounts, the ‹ › arrows page through them.

Switching swaps the credentials file — restart Claude Code (or start a new session) for it to take effect.

How it works

Claude Code stores the credentials for the active account at ~/.claude/.credentials.json. grift simply copies that file into ~/.claude/accounts/NNN.json (a numbered slot) when you save, and copies a slot back over ~/.claude/.credentials.json when you switch. No background processes, no config, no dependencies beyond bash and coreutils.

Install

Clone the repo (or just grab the script) and source it from your shell rc:

git clone https://github.com/jasonsuhari/grift.git ~/.grift
echo 'source ~/.grift/grift.sh' >> ~/.bashrc   # or ~/.zshrc
source ~/.bashrc

That's it — the claude-save, claude-switch, claude-accounts, and claude-delete commands are now available in every new shell.

Usage

Save the current account

Log into Claude Code with the account you want to store, then:

claude-save
# Saved as slot 001  →  ~/.claude/accounts/001.json

Run it again after logging into a different account to save a second slot, and so on.

Switch accounts

claude-switch 1     # 1, 01, and 001 all work
# Switched to account 001

Restart Claude Code (or start a new session) to pick up the swapped credentials.

List saved accounts

claude-accounts

Delete a saved account

claude-delete

Security note

Saved slots are plaintext copies of your Claude Code credentials, stored under ~/.claude/accounts/. Anyone with read access to that directory can use those tokens. Keep the directory private (chmod 700 ~/.claude/accounts), don't sync it to shared/cloud storage, and don't commit it to a repo. The .gitignore in this repo already excludes credential files.

License

MIT

Created and maintained by Jason Matthew Suhari.