TonF1917/claude-desktop-multiple-windows-different-api
Multiple windows for Claude Desktop with different APIs at the same time: keep your official Claude subscription in one window and run other windows on custom / third-party APIs (cc-switch). Windows. 多开 Claude Desktop,多个窗口同时使用不同 API(官方订阅 + 第三方 API 同时工作)。
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English · 简体中文 Use several Claude Desktop windows at once, each on a different API. Keep your official Claude subscription in one window and run as many other windows as you like on custom / third-party APIs (driven by cc-switch). Multi-API, multi-window, multi-account Claude Desktop - on Windows (tested) and macOS (experimental). Every window has its own data, its own recoloured icon (desktop, taskbar, system tray), its own taskbar button and - if you choose - its own API. The default third-party colour is the official icon in purple-black with a white star; pick any palette (Gemini, GPT, Perplexity, DeepSeek, WorkBuddy) or any #RRGGBB. Requirements: Windows 11 (10 should work), PowerShell 5.1+, Claude Desktop from the Microsoft Store (AnthropicPBC.Claude), cc-switch with a Claude Desktop provider. Then right-click each new Desktop shortcut and choose Pin to taskbar (Windows does not let scripts pin). The manager GUI exposes the same options: a…
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- Claude Desktop: multiple windows with different APIs at the same time
- Features
- Windows - quick start
- macOS (v1.2.0)
- Multi-Official Account Support & Anti-Risk Isolation
- Using cc-switch
- What is synced between windows
- How it works (what was found the hard way)
- Caveats
- License
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What this repository does
Multiple windows for Claude Desktop with different APIs at the same time: keep your official Claude subscription in one window and run other windows on custom / third-party APIs (cc-switch). Windows. 多开 Claude Desktop,多个窗口同时使用不同 API(官方订阅 + 第三方 API 同时工作)。
Repository facts
- Owner
- TonF1917
- Primary language
- PowerShell
- Stars
- 408
- Forks
- 17
- Open issues + pull requests
- 0
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-10-14T11:42:15.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-19T16:27:40.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: anthropic, api-switcher, cc-switch, claude, claude-code, claude-desktop, custom-api, different-api, multi-account, multi-api, multi-window, multiple-windows, third-party-api, windows
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