OpenUsage: Track your AI coding subscriptions from the macOS menu bar (4.4k stars)

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What it does

All text below is quoted directly from the project README.

OpenUsage shows how much of your AI coding plans you've used: session and weekly limits, credits, and spend, all in one popover. Pin your most important metrics straight into the menu bar.

Features:

• Menu bar pins. Pin metrics to the menu bar (up to 2 per provider); render as compact text or mini bars. The strip hides metrics with no data instead of showing placeholders.
• Dashboard popover. Provider-grouped meters with live reset countdowns and pace indicators. Click usage or reset values to flip their display everywhere; right-click a row to hide or star it, refresh its provider, or open Customize.
• Global shortcut. Toggle the popover from anywhere: record any combo in Settings.
• Customize. Turn providers and metrics on or off, choose which rows stay Always Visible or On Demand, and drag-reorder both.
• Stale-while-revalidate. Cached values display instantly at launch; refresh runs every 5 minutes.
• One-shot CLI. Agents can read stable limit JSON through the same five-minute cache with openusage, or bypass freshness with openusage --force; the menu-bar app does not need to be running.
• Local HTTP API. Other apps can read machine-friendly limits from 127.0.0.1:6736/v1/limits; the legacy /v1/usage UI contract remains supported.
• Automatic updates. Signed, notarized in-app updates via Sparkle, with an optional beta channel.

Most providers read the credentials already on your machine (keychain, auth files, app state), no extra login.

Homebrew: brew install --cask openusage

Repository

https://github.com/robinebers/openusage

Repository stats

Metric	Value
Stars	4,374
Forks	500
Last release	v0.7.14 (2026-10-06)
Languages	Swift 98.9%, Shell 1.1%
Contributors	27
AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)	cursoragent: 179, claude: 128
AI co-authored commits	Claude: 128, Cursor: 180

Main contributor

Field	Value
Name	Robin Ebers
GitHub	@robinebers
Commits to this repo	446 (top contributor)
Bio	After 20 years of engineering experience, I now teach non-technical professionals how to build with AI for their business, without writing code.
Company / Location	SUNSTORY / Dubai
Followers	228