Claw-code (reached 100k stars on github and I have made an article about them[0]) are currently re-writing claude-code in rust (they have already ported it to python)
This is built by studying the leaked source.
"Clean-room rewrite" doesn't mean much when
you've read the original first — that's not
clean-room, that's copying with extra steps.
This is theft, plain and simple.
The stars on the original claw-code repo were
earned through the leak, not the work. Riding
that wave with another clone doesn't make it
original engineering.
Also worth noting: this wasn't submitted as
Show HN — it's being promoted through comment
threads instead. Make of that what you will.
Real open-source respects both the letter
and the spirit of IP law.
Its worth following: https://github.com/instructkr/claw-code
[0]: my article: https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/claw-code-reaches-100k...