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 🙏
@artzainnn I followed all the steps to set up the cookie, but I keep getting: Could not get org ID from cookie. What am I missing?
Here's a tuto in 4 easy steps to add your usage token:
just getting a 403 error. Not sure why but this doesn't work for me at all
Super handy app - very similar vibe to CodexBar, which also supports Claude and other providers. Nice, lightweight way to see usage at a glance.
I check Settings > Usage way too often when I'm deep in a coding session with Claude. The threshold notifications are a smart touch for pacing.
Curious if there are plans for a CLI version? Would be handy for integrating usage awareness into automated workflows.
Instructions could be clearer...
I followed and paste my Cookie in. It says Error 403 and it does not work. Could you help me fix?
Honestly, I needed this more than I realized. I used to get so into a deep work session only to get hit with that 'out of messages' pop-up right when I was close to a solution. Having the percentage right in the menu bar is a game-changer for pacing my workflow. It feels like a native part of macOS too—super clean work!
Yes! Nothing worse than mid-prompt hitting the Claude rate limit 😅 Love that it’s open-source and runs natively in the menu bar — no extra Electron bloat.
Nice Maxime! I’m just starting with Claude and I can feel that fear. Glad to see you helping on this. All the best man!
Amazing! I recently started to learn about Claude Code and I may use what you built!
There's nothing worse than hitting the limit right in the middle of a complex problem-solving session :D
How often does the bar sync with the actual usage data? is it real-time after every message? Also, does it accurately track the usage for the Max plan?
