fabulous-claude

Make Claude's thinking spinner actually fun. Replace the default "thinking... pondering... analyzing..." with themed word sets that match your vibe.

Install

npm install -g fabulous-claude

Start a new Claude Code session to see the spinner words take effect.

Minimum Claude Code version: 2.1.139

On install, postinstall sets the ranger theme as your default and patches ~/.claude/settings.json with spinnerVerbs. Existing settings are preserved.

What It Does

Before (Claude defaults):

- thinking...
- pondering...
- analyzing...

After (ranger theme):

- Smashing...
- Leading the way...
- Exploding...

You pick the theme. Claude does the heavy lifting with more personality.

Themes

Four themes ship out of the box:

| Theme | Sample verbs | | ------- | ---------------------------------------------- | | cooking | braising, simmering, whisking | | fantasy | divining, conjuring, casting runes | | ranger | smashing, leading the way, exploding (default) | | space | scanning, calculating, engaging warp |

Slash Commands

Switch themes or see what's available without leaving Claude Code:

/fabulous-claude:set-theme <name>

Switches the active theme and updates spinnerVerbs immediately. Start a new session to see it.

/fabulous-claude:list-themes

Lists all available themes (bundled and custom) and marks which one is active.

Custom Themes

Add your own theme to ~/.claude/fabulous-claude/config.json:

{
  "active": "pirates",
  "customThemes": {
    "pirates": {
      "verbs": ["plundering", "navigating", "swashbuckling"]
    }
  }
}

Then run /fabulous-claude:set-theme pirates and start a new session. Three verbs is plenty — or go wild with twenty.