[BUG] Claude code CLI no longer works, crashes on startup

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened May 30, 2025 by garyo Closed Jun 2, 2025

Environment

  • Platform (select one):
  • [ ] Anthropic API
  • [ ] AWS Bedrock
  • [ ] Google Vertex AI
  • [X] Other: MacOS
  • Claude CLI version: latest, but can't run claude to find out
  • Operating System: MacOS 15.3
  • Terminal: Terminal App

Bug Description

Something I added or changed caused claude code to stop working but not sure what. To fix it, I uninstalled claude code and reinstalled with bun install --global claude but I still get errors on startup.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. bun install --global claude
% ~/.bun/bin/claude 
file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:277
... lots of code dump...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'prototype')
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:277:25482
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:13:402
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:277:25601
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:13:402
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:279:3206
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:13:402
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:279:6228
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:13:402
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:279:7433
    at file:///Users/garyo/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:13:402

Node.js v24.0.0
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Expected Behavior

Expect it to give me a prompt and work normally

Actual Behavior

Crashes with above error.

Additional Context

I tried removing my claude config (incl ~/Library/Application Support/claude) and uninstalling everything I could find claude-related, but no joy.
It might be related to the fact that I tried aider -- I'm not sure how to remove that. I installed it via uvx aider-install, but it seems to be all python so perhaps that's unrelated.

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