claude command not working in windows terminal

installed claude following guide here https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/claude-code/overview#before-you-begin

getting errors on shell, tried below in my windows 11

Terminal: errors
cmd: errors
bash: blank

node -v
v23.1.0

git -v
git version 2.45.1.windows.1

im having similar issues with Windows 10, using PowerShell. I have to type npx claude and it shows the initial screen asking to make a choice of text style, but it just goes back to the prompt, no chance to make a selection or anything. not coded properly or buggy. unusable

D:\wamp64\www\pdj>npx --version
11.1.0

Same here! I am running claude command on Windows and it terminates without any other inputs and shows the same error.

Same issue

same here

same error

freshly installed npm and claude-code on win10 an hour ago

yeah same

UPDATE on workaround fix: Run the claude command inside Git bin bash

Works for windows 10 machines

EDIT: Nevermind, claude-code is not currently supported for windows

the app is at capacity atm at the API authenticate step anyway

let's wait for anthropic team to expand

Our suggested usage for Windows is WSL with Node 20+. Does that work for y'all?

I can confirm that it's only working when launching with git bash

Windows is not supported, you need linux machine or WSL
new version now has an error to notify us


npm error code EBADPLATFORM
npm error notsup Unsupported platform for @anthropic-ai/claude-code@0.2.14: wanted {"os":"!win32"} (current: {"os":"win32"})

I was successfully able to get WSL loaded correctly on windows 10. the issue was node.js and NPM had to be completely uninstalled system wide and then readded, then and only then did WSL allow me to boot up claude code. Been running it all day. The API charges are high with thinking on im finding out. Have not been able to figure out how to turn thinking off though.

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