# Claude Meter

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Claude Meter and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A small macOS menu bar app that tracks Claude Code usage limits, which people find useful in their daily development work.

## Why people recommend it

- Small, focused utility for developers (1 comments): "small, focused utility that makes a real difference in daily dev flow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956543))
- Solves a real developer pain (1 comments): "It solves a real developer pain in a simple." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956503))
- Useful for daily dev workflow (2 comments): "small, focused utility that makes a real difference in daily dev flow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956543)) "That’s very useful, thanks for sharing!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957995))
- Fun tabletop fixture design (1 comments): "the tabletop fixture is so fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48405204))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ccusage](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ccusage.md): 10 recommend
- [agentsview](https://hackerapproved.com/p/agentsview.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Claude Meter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-meter/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).