Feature Request: Named account profiles for quick switching between multiple claude.ai accounts

[crinkj]

Feature Request

Problem:
Users who have multiple claude.ai accounts (e.g., personal and work) currently have no way to switch between them without going through a full browser-based /login OAuth flow each time. There is no profile or session management system.

Requested Feature:
Add named account profile support so users can switch accounts from the command line, for example:

claude login --profile work    # logs in and saves as 'work' profile
claude login --profile personal

claude --profile work          # launch with work account
claude --profile personal      # launch with personal account

Or a simpler shorthand like /login <profile-name> within the interactive session.

Current Workaround:
Manually swapping ~/.claude.json files — fragile and not user-friendly.

Why this matters:
Many developers maintain separate accounts for different contexts (personal projects, employer, client work). Forcing a full browser re-authentication every time is a significant friction point.

Environment:

• macOS (credentials stored in Keychain)
• Claude Code CLI

[goulartfs]

Built exactly this — named profiles with instant switching:

npm install -g @synth1s/cloak

cloak create work
cloak create home
cloak switch work    # instant, no logout needed

Shell integration adds a one-step shortcut:

claude -a work       # switch and launch

Sessions, tokens, MCP servers, settings — all preserved per profile. 700+ downloads in the first day.

https://github.com/synth1s/cloak

[yamanidev]

As others have mentioned here and in other threads, it can be accomplished with CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR environment variable. I wrote a 1 minute article about my minimal setup, which requires no dependency, hopefully it could be of help: article

[countzero]

Hi,

I ran into the same problem and there are a lot of tools out there for macOS or Linux that already tackle this problem.

Sadly there was no good tooling to manage Anthropic accounts on Windows... so I built this:

https://github.com/countzero/windows_switch_claude_account

Maybe this helps someone 😉