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24 alternatives to Clauditate – Breathing exercises while Claude Code is thinking

Hello HN! I realized how often my mind wanders while waiting for Claude to finish "thinking". So I built Clauditate, a lightweight meditation menubar app that helps you with some breathing exercises. It uses Claude Code hooks and pops up with a breathing guide. I added some heuristics to make it less "annoying", for example if you dismiss it twice within 30 mins, it won't show up for another 2 hours. You can also tweak this behavior (and more) in the settings. It's early, but I'd love to hear your feedback! Github: https://github.com/ykumards/clauditate

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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   MindfulClaude – Guided breathing during Claude Code's thinking time▲7

   Every time Claude Code thinks, you get 10-60s of idle time, usually spent on context switching or doomscrolling. I turned it into breathing exercises that keep you focused and improve your heart rate variability. Auto-launches a tmux pane using hooks when Claude starts working and disappears when it finishes.

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Claudy▲163

   A proper home for Claude Code — multi-session, multi-account

   May 2026 · claudy.markg.app · its alternatives →

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   Stop Claude Code from forgetting everything▲202

   I got tired of Claude Code forgetting all my context every time I open a new session: set-up decisions, how I like my margins, decision history. etc. We built a shared memory layer you can drop in as a Claude Code Skill. It’s basically a tiny memory DB with recall that remembers your sessions. Not magic. Not AGI. Just state. Install in Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add https://github.com/mutable-state-inc/ensue-skill /plugin install ensue-memory # restart Claude Code What it does: (1) persists context between sessions (2) semantic & temportal search (not just…

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Breathe CLI – Paced resonance breathing in the macOS terminal▲132

   I built a terminal app that paces slow breathing at 6 breaths per minute for vagal tone training. It's a single Python file, stdlib only, no dependencies — just run breathe and follow the bar. I'm a cardiology patient (HFrEF). Slow breathing at resonance frequency is one of the few non-pharmacological interventions shown to improve cardiac vagal tone and baroreflex sensitivity (Bernardi et al., Circulation 2002; Lancet 1998). I wanted a frictionless daily habit tool — no app store, no account, no subscription, just open terminal and go. Design constraints, all grounded in the clinical…

   May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Squair▲162

   I built Squair because my phone was giving me anxiety - and it was also the only thing in my pocket when anxiety hit. The problem: 4 cups of coffee just to focus. Then the anxiety kicks in. Chest tight. Racing thoughts. Scrolling reels to "calm down" made it worse. I Googled "anxiety relief" at 2am and found box breathing — same technique Navy SEALs use in combat. First time I tried it, I felt the difference within 2 minutes. No crash. No pills. Just breathing. So I built an app around it. 6 months. Solo dev with a full-time job. 112 builds. 2 App Store rejections. Finally live. What it…

   Jan 2026 · squair.app · its alternatives →

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   Claudraband – Claude Code for the Power Userfree▲120

   Hello everyone. Claudraband wraps a Claude Code TUI in a controlled terminal to enable extended workflows. It uses tmux for visible controlled sessions or xterm.js for headless sessions (a little slower), but everything is mediated by an actual Claude Code TUI. One example of a workflow I use now is having my current Claude Code interrogate older sessions for certain decisions it made: https://github.com/halfwhey/claudraband?tab=readme-ov-file#s... This project provides: - Resumable non-interactive workflows. Essentially `claude -p` with session support: `cband continue…

   Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Edgee Claude Code Compressor▲215

   Use any model inside Claude Code, keep your Claude plan

   Mar 2026 · edgee.ai · its alternatives →

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   Unwind▲142

   A refreshing & distraction-free mindful breathing companion

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   Claude-replay – A video-like player for Claude Code sessions▲105

   I got tired of sharing AI demos with terminal screenshots or screen recordings. Claude Code already stores full session transcripts locally as JSONL files. Those logs contain everything: prompts, tool calls, thinking blocks, and timestamps. I built a small CLI tool that converts those logs into an interactive HTML replay. You can step through the session, jump through the timeline, expand tool calls, and inspect the full conversation. The output is a single self-contained HTML file — no dependencies. You can email it, host it anywhere, embed it in a blog post, and it works on mobile. Repo:…

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Usage4Claude▲109

    I kept hitting Claude's 5-hour limit without realizing it, so I made this menu bar app to track it. Shows a color-coded ring (green/orange/red) and countdown to reset. Built it in Swift/SwiftUI, just for myself initially. Right now you have to manually grab your sessionKey from browser DevTools, which is annoying but works. Stores it in macOS Keychain so it's secure. Been actively working on it, already at v1.3.0 with much better UX now. It's open source (MIT) and works with all Claude platforms (web/CLI/desktop/mobile) since they share the quota. Currently…

    Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Clauday▲3

    Claude Code native diary with reflection and memory

    Mar 2026 · clauday.com · its alternatives →

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    Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline▲50

    3 weeks ago I had a nasty accident and fractured my vertebrae. As I lay in bed I needed something to take my mind off it all so built "Claudoro". Claudoro is a pomodoro timer built right into the Claude Code status line, as well as can be directly controlled from Claude Code and the CLI. A few years ago I built "pymodoro" which was great, but recently I felt I needed something embedded in the tools I actually use, and I also wanted something that was flexible, and I could tweak and nudge. Anyway I hope it is useful to you, and I'd love some feedback on how to improve it. Thank you...! PS…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    & Breathe▲218

    A mindful extension helping you take a breath on a new tab

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    runCLAUDErun▲112

    I built runCLAUDErun because I got tired of manually running the same Claude Code tasks every day. It's free and it runs locally. What it does: It's a macOS app that schedules your local Claude Code to run on any schedule you want - daily, weekly, or custom cron expressions. My use case: Every night at 11pm, it automatically summarizes my Obsidian daily notes. But, it can schedule any Claude task - code reviews, data processing, report generation, web research, file organization, etc... Technical details: - Native macOS app (Electron + React) - Uses launchd for scheduling (proper macOS…

    2025 · runclauderun.com · its alternatives →

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    AgentManager▲125

    Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input

    Jul 2026 · agentmgr.app · its alternatives →

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    Bindly▲76

    Hi HN, I’m a product designer by background, not a traditional software engineer. Over the last year, tools like Claude and ChatGPT completely changed how I work. I started with small internal tools, and now I’m “vibe coding” multiple highly personalized apps. As I iterated between Claude Code (implementation) and ChatGPT (ideation / thinking), I kept running into the same problem. To think clearly, I had to repeatedly re-explain: - what the code currently does, - what changed recently, - and why certain decisions were made. That re-summarization step became a real bottleneck. So I…

    2016 · bind.ly · its alternatives →

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    Mindful Meetings▲140

    Add a 2min guided meditation to any video call

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Unwind 2▲172

    Deep mindful breathing exercises from your phone and watch.

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Breakthru▲74

    2-min movement & breathing meditation breaks for the workday

    2023 · breakthru.me · its alternatives →

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    Sigh▲76

    Reduce overall stress in 5 minutes with cyclic breathing

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I made an app to challenge anxious thoughts with AI▲9

    I had really bad health anxiety the last 2 years that severely impacted my quality of life. I started using Claude for support and was surprised by how much it helped. I realised how much potential there is for LLMs to provide an objective perspective on stressful thoughts - so I built an app that helps you form a habit around this to reduce long term anxiety. You vent what's on your mind and an LLM will evaluate your thoughts objectively (heavily leaning on CBT techniques), to help you maintain a more balanced perspective. Technical stack: - Flutter (to release cross-platform) - OpenAI API…

    2025 · resetapp.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Claude Code Plugin to play music when waiting on user input▲56

    Claude Code tends to be just slow enough you have time to tab away and get distracted. This plugin uses Claude Code's hooks to play music when Claude is waiting for user input so you don't just leave it sitting for 15 minutes.

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Retain – A unified knowledge base for all your AI coding conversations▲45

    Hey HN! I built Retain as the evolution of claude-reflect (github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect). The original problem: I use Claude Code/Codex daily for coding, plus claude.ai and ChatGPT occasionally. Every conversation contains decisions, corrections, and patterns I forget existed weeks later. I kept re-explaining the same preferences. claude-reflect was a CLI tool that extracted learnings from Claude Code sessions. Retain takes this further with a native macOS app that: - Aggregates conversations from Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, and Codex CLI - Instant full-text…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Four7Eleven▲70

    The healthy 4-7-11 method app for calm breathing

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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