Free, open-source macOS menu bar app that displays your Claude AI usage percentage. Get notifications before hitting your limit. Lightweight, private, and native.
Hey builders 👋
Like many of you, I've been using Claude daily and kept running into the same fear: when will my limit be reached? How much have I consumed in this session?
I ended up going back and forth to Settings > Usage to check... literally every 5 minutes 😅
So I built ClaudeUsageBar: a minimal menu bar app that shows your Claude usage percentage at a glance.
What it does:
➡️ Shows your current session (5-hour) and weekly usage directly in the menu bar
➡️ Notifies you at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 90% thresholds so you can pace yourself
➡️ Displays exactly when your limits reset
➡️ Works with both Free and Pro plans
➡️ Global shortcut (Cmd+U) to check your usage from anywhere
Privacy focused:
➡️ No data collection, no analytics, no telemetry
➡️ Your session cookie stays on your machine
➡️ Fully open source – inspect every line of code
Lightweight:
➡️ Under 5MB
➡️ Native for Apple Silicon and Intel
➡️ Minimal CPU/memory footprint
It's completely free and open source, feel free to try it out!
Would love to hear your feedback or feature suggestions 🙏
Congrats on the launch — love this lightweight, privacy‑first way to track Claude usage 👏
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Really handy. I can finally close that browser tab. Thank you
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this is exactly the kind of tool i didn't know i needed until now. constantly checking settings > usage like a maniac. will this support multi-model? same anxiety exists for every AI tool with limits lol
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@artzainnn congrats on the launch, Max. good luck
Congrats on the launch — love this lightweight, privacy‑first way to track Claude usage 👏
Really handy. I can finally close that browser tab. Thank you
this is exactly the kind of tool i didn't know i needed until now. constantly checking settings > usage like a maniac. will this support multi-model? same anxiety exists for every AI tool with limits lol
love it ! well done
Spot on!
Soooo helpful! Congrats for the launch!!