claude-threads 1.20.0 → 1.20.1
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The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
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and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
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## [1.20.1] - 2026-08-06
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- **"How it compares" section on the website and README** - A short, respectful comparison with the other ways to drive a coding agent from chat: Anthropic's own Claude Code in Slack / Claude Tag, OpenAI's Codex in Slack, Cursor in Slack, Cognition's Devin, and community Slack bots. The framing is a single axis — where the session runs (vendor cloud vs. your machine) — with claude-threads positioned as the local, self-hosted option that also speaks Mattermost. A closing note names the strongest differentiators beyond that: in-thread permission approvals, multiplayer sessions, the multi-account pool, and no GitHub assumption. The website's "Why I built this" note about Anthropic's integration was updated to match (it is no longer Enterprise-gated: Pro/Max plans have Claude Code in Slack, Team/Enterprise have Claude Tag).
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## [1.20.0] - 2026-08-06
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Who may do what (start sessions, react to permission prompts, approve guest messages) is written down in the [authorization model](https://github.com/anneschuth/claude-threads/blob/main/SECURITY.md).
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## How it compares
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Driving a coding agent from chat is a busy space: Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, and Cognition each ship their own integration, and other open-source projects exist too — several of them excellent. The main difference is where the session actually runs.
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| Product | Sessions run on | Chat platforms | Account |
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| **claude-threads** (open source, Apache-2.0) | Your machine — local checkout, your MCP servers and plugins | Slack + Mattermost, multiple workspaces at once | Any Claude subscription or API key |
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| [Claude Code in Slack](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/slack) / [Claude Tag](https://claude.com/docs/claude-tag/overview) (Anthropic) | Anthropic's cloud, against GitHub repos | Slack | Claude Pro/Max; Claude Tag on Team/Enterprise |
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| [Codex in Slack](https://slack.com/marketplace/A09F5C369E3-openai-codex) (OpenAI) | OpenAI's Codex cloud | Slack | ChatGPT plan |
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| [Cursor in Slack](https://cursor.com/docs/integrations/slack) | Cursor's cloud agents | Slack | Cursor plan |
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| [Devin](https://devin.ai/) (Cognition) | Cognition's cloud | Slack (also Linear and Jira tickets) | Devin plan |
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| Community bots such as [claude-code-slack-bot](https://github.com/mpociot/claude-code-slack-bot) | Your machine | Slack | Claude subscription or API key |
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The cloud products share a working style: you delegate from a thread, the work runs in a vendor-hosted sandbox, and progress updates and a pull request come back — Claude Tag additionally stays in the conversation as a shared teammate the whole channel can talk to. If your repositories live on GitHub and you want nothing to host, they are a good choice; Anthropic's own integration in particular runs the same Claude Code this bot does.
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claude-threads makes the opposite choice: the whole session stays in the thread and on your hardware. Output streams live, permission prompts land as emoji reactions, invited teammates type into the same session, and Claude works against a local checkout with whatever MCP servers and plugins you already configured. That fit matters when chat is self-hosted Mattermost, when code cannot leave the building, or when you want a session in chat to behave exactly like the one at your desk. The trade-off: you run the bot yourself, on a machine that has the repository.
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A few more things set it apart. The full Claude Code permission model lives in the thread: every tool use can prompt for 👍/✅/👎 approval, with three modes switchable mid-session. Sessions are multiplayer: `!invite` teammates while Claude works, messages from uninvited users are gated behind approval, and commits credit everyone involved as co-author. An optional [account pool](https://github.com/anneschuth/claude-threads/blob/main/docs/CONFIGURATION.md#claude-accounts-optional-multi-account-mode) routes each new session to the Claude subscription with the most headroom and cools down rate-limited ones. And nothing assumes GitHub — the session works against any local checkout, whatever its host.
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This table is current as of August 2026. All of these products move quickly — if it has gone stale, [open an issue](https://github.com/anneschuth/claude-threads/issues).
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- **[Setup Guide](https://github.com/anneschuth/claude-threads/blob/main/SETUP_GUIDE.md)** - Creating the bot account on Mattermost or Slack, step by step
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