What is subway-surfer?
subway-surfer is a Claude Code mod by refact0r that play Subway Surfers (or watch any video) in a pane, rendered as glyphs with a foreground and a background color. It is listed under Interface and has 2 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | refact0r |
| Repository | refact0r/claude-surf |
| Popularity | 2 GitHub stars |
| Category | Interface |
| Security | Review before installing (60/100) |
| Rank | #1,378 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #539 in Interface |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-03 |
| Hooks | 5 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is subway-surfer safe to install?
subway-surfer scores 60/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends data over the network; starts processes outside the sandbox; reads environment variables. It passed 4 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Reads environment variables | Review |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.command.register | |
$.env.get | reads env vars |
$.fs.stat | reads files |
$.http.fetch | network requests |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.process.spawn | |
$.session.id | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.blit | draws interface |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
How do I install subway-surfer?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/refact0r/claude-surf claude plugin validate ./claude-surf/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/refact0r/claude-surf && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-surf/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs subway-surfer for you:
Install the "subway-surfer" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/refact0r/claude-surf. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.