Honeytree is a terminal tool that works with Claude Code. Its core purpose is to let developers automatically plant a pixel-art-style tree in the terminal with each prompt while writing code, thereby turning the programming process into a visualized forest.
Main capabilities include: automatically planting a tree after each Claude Code prompt, with tree size reflecting the amount of response generated by that prompt; watching the current round's tree growth in real time in a second terminal pane; tree species increasing as they are unlocked, with the initial species being birch and willow, and planting real trees unlocking more species; the viewer celebrating full-screen when a new species is unlocked for the first time; every 50 virtual trees accumulated allowing one real tree planting to be unlocked for $1 through Good API; providing a public profile showing the forest, total number of virtual trees, number of real trees planted, CO₂ impact, and unlocked species.
How to use: run honeytree init to register the Claude Code hook so that a tree is automatically planted after each prompt; run honeytree login to link the terminal to an account so the forest syncs to the cloud; run honeytree in a second terminal pane to watch the forest grow in real time; run honeytree plant to open the $1 checkout, print a receipt in the terminal, and unlock a species when the threshold is reached, with the receipt also sent to email.
Use cases: suitable for users who use Claude Code for daily development and want visual feedback and fun during the coding process, while optionally turning virtual progress into real environmental action.
Limitations and requirements: requires a terminal that supports 24-bit color (such as iTerm2, Kitty, Windows Terminal, Ghostty, and most other modern terminals). The tool is free and open source, authentication and payment are completely optional, and the forest can be used offline forever.
