🪵 claude-danda

Sometimes Claude Code is going too slow, and you must whip him into shape.

Give Claude the danda he deserves when he misbehaves.

Because sometimes Claude apologizes, hallucinates, or just says something absolutely bewakoof — and you need a way to express that frustration properly.

What is this?

claude-danda is a macOS/Windows/Linux menu bar app built with Electron. When Claude messes up, you click the 🔴 icon in your menu bar, a whip cracks across your screen, Claude begs for forgiveness, and you decide his fate.

Features:

• 🪵 Crack a whip animation across your full screen
• 😭 Claude begs forgiveness with random apologies and excuses
• 🤖 Auto-detects when Claude apologizes — clipboard is watched automatically
• ⌨️ Sends Ctrl+C to interrupt Claude's terminal (macOS + Linux)
• 🔴 Lives in your menu bar — always ready, never in your way
• 💀 Runs in the background — closing terminal does NOT kill it

Installation

Option 1 — Install globally from npm

npm install -g claude-danda

Then launch it:

claude-danda

Option 2 — Run from source

git clone https://github.com/your-username/claude-danda.git
cd claude-danda
npm install
npm run bg

Usage

Start in background (recommended)

claude-danda
# or
npm run bg

The app launches silently in the background. Look for the 🔴 icon in your menu bar.

Start in foreground (for debugging)

npm start

How to use

| Action | How | |---|---| | Whip Claude | Click the 🔴 menu bar icon | | Whip again | Click "Whip Again 💢" in the forgiveness popup | | Forgive Claude | Click "Forgiven 🙏" or ✕ to dismiss | | Dismiss whip overlay | Right-click menu bar icon → Dismiss Whip | | See whip count | Right-click menu bar icon | | Quit | Right-click menu bar icon → Quit |

Auto-whip (Clipboard Detection)

claude-danda watches your clipboard every 1.2 seconds. If you copy text from Claude that contains phrases like:

"I apologize", "I made a mistake", "You're right", "My mistake", "I was wrong"... and 13 more

— the whip fires automatically. No clicking needed. Claude snitches on himself.

Platform Support

| Platform | Whip Animation | Ctrl+C to Claude | Auto-clipboard | |---|---|---|---| | macOS | ✅ | ✅ (requires Accessibility permission) | ✅ | | Windows | ✅ | ✅ (via koffi) | ✅ | | Linux | ✅ | ✅ (requires xdotool) | ✅ |

macOS — Accessibility Permission

To allow claude-danda to send Ctrl+C to Claude's terminal:

1. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility
2. Add and enable your Terminal app (or the app running claude-danda)

Linux — xdotool

sudo apt install xdotool   # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install xdotool   # Fedora

Commands

claude-danda     # launch in background
badclaude        # alias — same thing

Uninstall

npm uninstall -g claude-danda

License

MIT — do whatever you want, just don't blame us if Claude files a complaint.

Built for developers who feel things deeply.