Show HN: Honeytree – Grow a forest in your terminal while you code

Grow a pixel-art forest in your terminal every time you use Claude Code. Each prompt plants a new tree. Each tree grows over time. Your forest evolves from a quiet clearing into an ancient woodland — and it never resets. npm install -g honeytree honeytree init honeytree That's it. Three commands: - Install the CLI globally - Init creates your forest file and registers a Claude Code hook - Run the viewer in a separate terminal to watch your forest grow After setup, trees are planted automatically after every Claude Code response. No manual steps needed. When you run honeytree init , it does two things: - Creates ~/.honeydew/forest.json to store your forest state - Adds a Stop hook to~/.claude/settings.json that runs after every Claude Code response From then on, every time Claude Code responds to a prompt, a new tree is planted in your forest automatically. Open the viewer in a second terminal to watch them grow in real time. Your forest evolves visually as it grows — the sky, ground, and atmosphere all change: | Trees | Biome | What changes | |---|---|---| | 0–9 | Clearing | Sparse stars, light ground | | 10–24 | Grove | More stars, richer ground | | 25–49 | Woodland | Dense canopy, varied starlight | | 50–99 | Old Growth | Deep greens, warm starlight | | 100+ | Ancient Forest | Richest palette, brightest sky | Trees are never deleted. The forest only grows. Five species are randomly assigned when a tree is planted: | Species | Look | |---|---| | Oak | Wide, rounded canopy | | Pine | Tall, triangular shape | | Birch | Light trunk, bright leaves | | Willow | Drooping canopy | | Cherry | Pink blossoms | Each species has 4 growth stages (seed, sapling, young, full). Existing trees grow a little with each new prompt. The viewer adapts to your terminal width — expand your terminal and new trees will spread across the full width. Press Ctrl+C to exit. The viewer shows a summary of your forest when you close it. - Node.js 18+ - Claude Code (for the automatic hook) - npm: npmjs.com/package/honeytree - GitHub: github.com/Varun2009178/honeytree - Issues: github.com/Varun2009178/honeytree/issues MIT