Claude usage menu bar app

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• CodexBarFree macOS menu bar app tracking Claude and Codex usage, with support for more providers; critics report high RAM use and crashes.11recommend

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1. It wasn't until I pointed Claude at your repo and had it make something based off of that that I got it to work well.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

2. reading the code was entertaining (no sarcasm): pixel fonts, png encoder.

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota”

3. it's literally a single file that only supports multiple Claude instances

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota”

4. I like the graphics and how the information is displayed

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

5. not _exactly_ what I wanted so I made it in a few hours

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?”

6. yours worked straight out of the box! Great job!

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

7. Love it, installed and set it to run at Login.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

8. yours adds much more detail

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota”

9. This is cool, but mine won't show the resets at times. I've never seen it display a time for day or week.

   Mixed · Aug 2026 · in “Show HN: A Claude usage menu bar small enough to read before you run it”

10. The token never leaves your machine except to Anthropic's own API endpoint.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

11. I had to always go to claude settings for this.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

12. I find it easier to show it in the status line

    Mixed · Jun 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota”

13. all I see is a red X in the toolbar

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

14. i like it, thanks for sharing

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

15. Can we stop with this way of installing things? This is already on brew and it's a menu bar app.

    Criticizes · Jun 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar gauges for your Claude Code quota”

16. it reads like a political statement. Easy enough to remove though.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”

17. it needs pretty serious permissions to do its job

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time”