Popular, yes... but have you seen the issues? SOMETHING is going on in that repo: https://github.com/instructkr/claude-code/issues

which has already been deleted

What do stars mean in the context of random github accounts mirroring leaked source code?

won't they just try to dmca or take these down especially if they're more popular

I don't understand how you can have a 'clean-room port.' Seems contradictory to me.