Claude Meter
Ranked 3 of 3 usage trackers by recommenders
A small macOS menu bar app that tracks Claude Code usage limits, which people find useful in their daily development work.
A small macOS menu bar app that tracks Claude Code usage limits, which people find useful in their daily development work.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Small, focused utility for developers
“small, focused utility that makes a real difference in daily dev flow”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Claude Meter – macOS menu bar app to track your Claude Code usage limit” Solves a real developer pain
“It solves a real developer pain in a simple.”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Claude Meter – macOS menu bar app to track your Claude Code usage limit” Useful for daily dev workflow
“small, focused utility that makes a real difference in daily dev flow”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Claude Meter – macOS menu bar app to track your Claude Code usage limit” “That’s very useful, thanks for sharing!”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Claude Meter – macOS menu bar app to track your Claude Code usage limit” Fun tabletop fixture design
“the tabletop fixture is so fun”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Claude-o-meter, a tachometer for your Claude use”
Other usage trackers people recommend
The two most recommended other usage trackers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ccusage | 10 | 1 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
| agentsview | 9 | 1 | 90% | 5 | — | — |
| Claude MeterThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the tabletop fixture is so fun”
“That’s very useful, thanks for sharing!”
“small, focused utility that makes a real difference in daily dev flow”
“It solves a real developer pain in a simple.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.