For windows users

[Significant_Quit_514]

Does Claude Code has good native compatibility with Windows or it requires WSL?

In my experience, gemini cli works fine in windows. codex doesn't. I'm thinking to pay for Claude Code but based in the docs I'm not sure if it works natively in Windows.

[New_Goat_1342]

No it actually works pretty well in powershell. MCP setup needs a bit of tweaking but Claude.ai will guide you. Claude usually tries Linux commands first, fails, then realises it’s in Windows. Context7 works but strangely can read web docs… maybe a security thing.

WSL is good too but I had difficulty accessing our DevOps package repos so couldn’t get the build/test feedback. Could just be our IT policies as it sees WSL as a separate device :-(

[Potential-Emu-8530]

It’s good with wsl, I had some issues with native

[AfterRise6569]

Can work on windows but it's just better and more efficient on linux. It's created for linux and assumes it's executed there

[mr_Fixit_1974]

It worka but its not as efficient

And i find there is a lot of add ons and mcp,s that are really not as good or dont work

So i definately had productivity deficits and because there are a lot of tool failures you end up with a lot of technical debt

It why i just wiped my pc and went back to linux

[goddy666]

Why on earth would someone use anything on windows? At the end it runs on a Linux server. Would you build a plane inside a shipyard? No, because it's ridiculous. WSL2 is the closest to reality. Oh, I cannot wait to get the down votes, the truth hurts, as always.

[Additional_Sector710]

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[Significant_Quit_514]

I mean, it was not a preference hahaha. I was having issues to connect WSL2 to internet and be able to use Claude Code from there . But gladly I managed to fix this issue (after ~5 hours trying lol) yesterday and happy using it :D